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I get 403 errors EVERY time I try to download something.

Skullcrush02
Skullcrush02

I was just looking for mods for Oblivion on tesnexus when I suddenly couldn't download anything anymore. I had been downloading things all day, but nothing that would change anything this drastically. I went to other sites and found out I couldn't download anything there either. I've tried clearing my cache, history and cookies to no avail. I tried disabling my plugins and antivirus and again, nothing. I tried resetting my computer, but it was another failure. I tried using IE and still I couldn't download the files. I've been working hard to mod Oblivion, but all that effort seems to be for nothing since the only option I see left is to format my hard drive and start over... I desperately need help so it doesn't come to that. Please HELP!

I was just looking for mods for Oblivion on tesnexus when I suddenly couldn't download anything anymore. I had been downloading things all day, but nothing that would change anything this drastically. I went to other sites and found out I couldn't download anything there either. I've tried clearing my cache, history and cookies to no avail. I tried disabling my plugins and antivirus and again, nothing. I tried resetting my computer, but it was another failure. I tried using IE and still I couldn't download the files. I've been working hard to mod Oblivion, but all that effort seems to be for nothing since the only option I see left is to format my hard drive and start over... I desperately need help so it doesn't come to that. Please HELP!

Chosen solution

After a bit more googling, i found that this is a forbidden access error.

This site details some of the solutions you can try:

http://www.symatech.net/error-403

Personally, i just use the built in download manager without any problems and one less add-on, hope this helps.

I did use to use mass downloaders or multiple-connection downloaders, although after experiencing several corrupted files, i opted out and just use the built in download manager.

Ideally, this sounds more of a question for the third party programmer of DLA, although i did not find any others having this issue via google.

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iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars

Error 403 is Page not found. ie., downloading page not found..

Check your internet connections

Skullcrush02
Skullcrush02 Question owner

I can still access the web, but I can't download anything.

jddockery
jddockery

this is a tesnexus issue:

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/878666-oblivion-nexus-downloads-lead-to-404-errors/page__p__7031938__hl__oblivion+download__fromsearch__1#entry7031938

Skullcrush02
Skullcrush02 Question owner

Thank you for that, but that just leaves the other issue of not being able to download from other sites; it was stupid of me not to mention, but my downloading problems elsewhere only occur when I have the "Download Them All!" plugin active. I really like the plugin, so why does it give me 403's on sites other than Tesnexus?

jddockery
jddockery

Chosen Solution

After a bit more googling, i found that this is a forbidden access error.

This site details some of the solutions you can try:

http://www.symatech.net/error-403

Personally, i just use the built in download manager without any problems and one less add-on, hope this helps.

I did use to use mass downloaders or multiple-connection downloaders, although after experiencing several corrupted files, i opted out and just use the built in download manager.

Ideally, this sounds more of a question for the third party programmer of DLA, although i did not find any others having this issue via google.

Modified by jddockery

Skullcrush02
Skullcrush02 Question owner

I guess its for the best.