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Title: CPC-Power website. Ooops! Blocked!
Post by: blackdalek on 04:56, 31 December 17
I may have got carried away with downloading at CPC-Power website today, having downloaded about 15 .dsk images this morning.

It seems I've now been blocked from downloading any further files, being presented now with a picture of a policeman instead of the expected captcha box.

Is there a limit imposed on downloads per day due to limited bandwidth?

Anyway, I donated a few euro to the site to help with hosting costs in case that is the reason for the need to block downloads.

Hopefully it will return to normal soon.
Title: Re: CPC-Power website. Ooops! Blocked!
Post by: mr_lou on 07:40, 31 December 17
I don't think there's a limit to the downloads. The police man appears if you type these characters in the wrong order though. Maybe that's what you did?

I'm pretty sure I've also downloaded more than 15 files in a row in the past, without problems.
Title: Re: CPC-Power website. Ooops! Blocked!
Post by: blackdalek on 08:21, 31 December 17
it accepted the 3 letters I typed in every time. Anyway, the policeman went away after a few hours, so not sure what happened if it wasn't blocking me for over-use  :-[
Title: Re: CPC-Power website. Ooops! Blocked!
Post by: dragon on 11:58, 31 December 17
Maybe is looking your IP try reset the router(change your IP).
Title: Re: CPC-Power website. Ooops! Blocked!
Post by: chinnyhill10 on 20:16, 31 December 17
Quote from: dragon on 11:58, 31 December 17
Maybe is looking your IP try reset the router(change your IP).


Does get a bit tiresome having to do the verification for every download. Annoying when you are grabbing multiple versions of a game to try and get one working with an M4, etc.
Title: Re: CPC-Power website. Ooops! Blocked!
Post by: Gryzor on 20:11, 13 January 18
True, I'm sure there are much better anti-leech solutions...
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