I recently wiped my computer of all things related to minecraft to ensure a clean install. I went to minecraft's site, downloaded minecraft.exe and ran it.

Then i used the most recent version of the forge installer. When i tried to run the forge profile from the launcher, i received this error message:

 

Launcher 1.2.1 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...

Current time is Aug 3, 2013 11:24:59 AM

System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows XP'

System.getProperty('os.version') == '5.1'

System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'

System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_13'

System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'

System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'

Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'Forge'

Refreshing auth...

Logging in with access token

Delta time to compare resources: 1067 ms

Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download

Job 'Resources' finished successfully

Getting syncinfo for selected version

Queueing library & version downloads

Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (8 threads, 24 files)

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.3\launchwrapper-1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\versions\1.6.2-Forge9.10.0.789\1.6.2-Forge9.10.0.789.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Couldn't connect to server (responded with 403) but have local file, assuming it's good

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Finished downloading C:\Documents and Settings\BRIAN.BRIAN-1EFB3AF11\Application Data\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Gave up trying to download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

Couldn't download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

java.lang.RuntimeException: Server responded with 403

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.Downloadable.download(Downloadable.java:85)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:102)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:10)

at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:84)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

Gave up trying to download http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'

Job 'Version & Libraries' finished with 2 failure(s)!

 

As it turns out, i looked at one of the related threads and found out that i somehow downloaded an old version of forge. Problem solved. I downloaded the most recent version and it runs fine. This thread can be closed/deleted!