Trouble accessing on Windows 8 machine (Update: issue has been fixed)

[JimH5]

I just sprung for the new Lenovo Yoga notebook/tablet. Mostly I got it for the solid state drive as my 4 year old Lenovo started to have hard drive and battery issues.

 

The new one uses Windows 8 for an operating system, and I can't access this forum with it. Is there a solution? I can access the main BF.net page, but then am denied access to here.

 

It seems to get to other websites fine.

 

Thanks!

[thebruce44]

What browser are you using?

[JimH5]

Whatever the latest version of IE is.

 

I get a "you are forbidden" error.

 

Unless I've been pink-slipped...

[TooLiveBrew]

Step 1) Download Google Chrome

Step 2) Never use IE again

[nate82]

Step 1) Download Google Chrome

Step 2) Never use IE again

 

This times eleventy billion!

 

I finally got my work to allow me to use Firefox over IE YEAH progress!

[logan82]

Does Google Chrome finally have bookmarks on the side or are they still in a drop down menu?

[Baldkin]

http://www.techerator.com/2010/07/how-to-enable-vertical-tabs-in-google-chrome/

[valpocrewsader]

JimH5, it should work fine if you click the little "broken page"-looking icon up by the URL to put the browser into Compatibility View. I noticed the same Forbidden / 500 Internal Server Error issue a couple weeks ago and forgot to mention it on the Issues & Events forum once I was rolling with Compatibility View.

[logan82]

http://www.techerator.com/2010/07/how-to-enable-vertical-tabs-in-google-chrome/

So I can't have a nice bookmark sidebar like Firefox. Other than that I would use Chrome. I just use my bookmark sidebar a ton.

[JimH5]

JimH5, it should work fine if you click the little "broken page"-looking icon up by the URL to put the browser into Compatibility View. I noticed the same Forbidden / 500 Internal Server Error issue a couple weeks ago and forgot to mention it on the Issues & Events forum once I was rolling with Compatibility View.

 

Thanks--that worked fine.

 

And thanks to others for their recommendations on Google Chrome.

 

The new Windows 8 is a little quirky for those of us who aren't early adopters of technology. Plus I seem to only get a few minutes at a time to try to figure out this new machine.

 

But I'm on the forum now, and I think it will be easy to get back. . .

[1992casey]

I'm curious as to why this forum would need compatibility view. That's something we should probably look into.

 

I'm going to move this topic over to Issues & Events. That's a better fit for topics pertaining to the operation of the board as moderators will make it a point to check that forum when they see that it has new messages.

[support]

This should now be fixed.

 

If it is still happening for you in IE10, please clear your "Temporary Internet Files" and reboot.

[1992casey]

Just to elaborate, this was a side effect of an anti-spam measure.

 

You should remove the compatibility view from IE10. That makes IE10 function as if it's IE7, which is something you don't really want to do unless you absolutely have to.

 

Thanks for reporting this.