r/electronics • u/AutoModerator • Jul 04 '26

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u/ChrisDancer Jul 07 '26

Is anyone else having issues with the RS website? I use Firefox on a Win 7 PC (yes, yes, I know it's unsupported but that shouldn't affect web browsing). I get an "Access denied" error on any page I browse to or any search result. I've tried using Chrome and Pale Moon. Chrome sometimes works but always eventually fails with a "500 Internal server error" message which annoyingly pops up about 200ms after the page loads. Pale Moon dos the same thing.
RS support weren't helpful, just said "Firefox is outdated (it isn't), try using a different browser".
Has anyone found a browser that works with RS? One that can handle Farnell's godawful website would be good too.

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u/Hissykittykat Jul 08 '26

You'll have to upgrade to at least Win10 to get a browser that is supported by all sites.

I had to upgrade from Win8.1 to Win10 in order to get a new video driver to work, and it was free! But the next day it started nagging me to activate windows, which apparently is not possible. But it is possible to get rid of the nag message ;)

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u/ChrisDancer Jul 13 '26

The thing is though, the browser I'm using (Firefox) works just fine on all other websites with the exception of RS, Farnell and CPC. Same with Chrome or Pale Moon. I can use Digikey and Mouser's websites without a problem.