HTTP 403.2 Error on IIS

Have you encountered error HTTP 403.2 - Forbidden: Read Access Forbidden when trying to host a site in IIS or Internet Information Services?

This is usually caused by your site referencing an external resource such as an audio file, a video file, or CSS. This explains why some of your sites which do not encounter this error load successfully but without CSS. Try putting an "In-line" CSS on your page and it shows perfectly.

This is due to the fact that your website or application hosted in IIS is not allowed to "Read" an external resource.

To fix this, you would have to go to your IIS Manager. To run IIS Manager, click Start on your taskbar, then run "inetmgr".

More information on running IIS Manager here

Then expand the and right click on "websites".

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Go to "Home Directory" or "Directory"(In Win98) Tab and enable or check "Read" checkbox. And you're done!

How To Enable IIS in Windows Vista

IIS or Internet Information System, is the first Windows Component that you will need to enable or install when using ASP .NET.

1.)Open your Control Panel

2.)Open Programs and Features

3.)Click "Turn Windows features on or off" located at the left side panel of the "Programs and Features" window.

4.)Enable or put a check on IIS(Internet Information System). At first, it will not be check, instead, just filled with a box. This is because it has some sub-features which are not enabled that you will need to enable manually.

5.)After enabling all under IIS, click Apply or OK. This would take several minutes and would prompt for computer restart. Do so and you're done!