Vista - Referrer Denied When Trying to Download

i am in the cpp
go to the download site, click the links either manually or the akamai
downloader

and all i get is referrer denied page saying i am not in the cpp.... if i
wasn't then how can i be using vista.....

i tried pre-rc1 when that came out and got the same message

anyone know why i can't download rc1

thanks

Are you getting to the site via the links in the email from Microsoft
inviting you to try RC1?

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"Darren" <darren@removed.com> wrote in message
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>i am in the cpp
> go to the download site, click the links either manually or the akamai
> downloader
>
> and all i get is referrer denied page saying i am not in the cpp.... if i
> wasn't then how can i be using vista.....
>
> i tried pre-rc1 when that came out and got the same message
>
> anyone know why i can't download rc1
>
> thanks

Hi Darren,

There are plenty of people out there who are running Vista (legitimately)
who are not in the CPP. I know that Microsoft Canada gave out some 1,500
Vista CDs at the Energize IT event in June, and there are countless other
ways to do it I am sure.

Like Jane said if you are in the CPP you should have an e-mail from
Microsoft confirming it. Click the link they supplied to you for the
download, and you should be good. If not then the public release is
literally hours away!

M
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"Darren" wrote:

> i am in the cpp
> go to the download site, click the links either manually or the akamai
> downloader
>
> and all i get is referrer denied page saying i am not in the cpp.... if i
> wasn't then how can i be using vista.....
>
> i tried pre-rc1 when that came out and got the same message
>
> anyone know why i can't download rc1
>
> thanks
>

That happens if your (out-of-spec) browser
hides the referrer. Basically, it's checking
if the DL link you are using is coming from
the same website, and not a link hosted/posted
on some other site. The most obvious symptom
of this in regular browsing are images that
don't load, showing an [x] instead.

D- [Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:38:44 +0100]:
>and all i get is referrer denied page saying i am not in

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thats what i thought
but its regular ie7 i'm using

<hel@40th.com> wrote in message
news:ef$tLJr0GHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That happens if your (out-of-spec) browser
> hides the referrer. Basically, it's checking
> if the DL link you are using is coming from
> the same website, and not a link hosted/posted
> on some other site. The most obvious symptom
> of this in regular browsing are images that
> don't load, showing an [x] instead.
>
> D- [Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:38:44 +0100]:
> >and all i get is referrer denied page saying i am not in
>
> --
> 40th Floor - Software @ http://40th.com/
> iPlay : the ultimate audio player for mobiles
> mp3,mp4,m4a,aac,ogg,wma,flac,wav, play+record
> parametric eq, xfeed, reverb; all on a mobile