IE HTTP 400 Bad Request

[Jacee]

The only thing I changed recently was that I cleared out my cache and cookies when I was installing my new network - the tech and I were trying to get into the signal expander/repeater's page. I was having issues with it and he had me clear that stuff out to see if it was a corrupted file that was preventing me from accessing it.


I know what I changed, so no worries about that. But I think that mightve had caused the 400 error issue, we shall see.

Did you change it back yet?

 

[ACWN]

Captain - Linksys helped me, as its a Linksys router. If you go to page 3, I think, you'll see that I mentioned that I did reconfigure it.

Jacee - No. The thing I changed was the security settings. I had the errors before and the errors after, so I dont think thats going to make a difference if I change it. And I dont think I'm going to as its standard security now where it wasnt before.

 

[Jacee]

sheesh!! Let's try something different. If you have shortcuts to those websites, delete them. Also delete them in your Favorites, if there.

Download ATF Cleaner Welcome to the Frontpage - www.atribune.org
Click "Main" > check 'select all' (except for Prefetch) this first time using it, then click "Empty Selected". Do the same for FireFox or Opera if you use either of those browsers.
Finally go to Control Panel > Internet Options.
On the General tab under "Temporary Internet Files" Click "Delete Files".
Put a check by "Delete Offline Content" and click OK.

Now using Google Search, find the websites again and click on the main link ... are you able to load it without the bad request error?

 

[ACWN]

Jacee, thats the problem - it doesnt happen all the time and its not always the same sites that do it. It could take hours, days or weeks before it shows up again.

 

[Jacee]

Okay, well at least it's not a constant (every other 5 min or so) problem. Next time it happens try clearing out your prefetch along with cookies and temps.

 

[ACWN]

Alright. Thanks





EDIT: Sorry, didnt mean to sound/seem short. I'm just so tired of this stupid issue. And Linksys wont admit it could be their product that caused it.


I'd probably throw my computer into the wall if it was going on every 5 minutes ALL the time.

 

[Jacee]

Yep, I have a feeling it's on Linksys' side too. I don't have any knowledge about their product configuration though So sorry I couldn't help you.

Persevere m'dear ACWN

 

[ACWN]

Dont say that just yet, you might have. Its only a matter of waiting and trying.

 

[Corrine]

Please keep us posted, ACWN.

 

[ACWN]

Count on it. *nod*

 

[ACWN]

Its doing it again.

Jacee - the ATF cleaner 3 (the only one I can find) is for XP or Windows 2000. I have Windows 7.



I did what the HP tech told me to do, I uninstalled all the updates around the time that this error started. Rebooting clears the error, so I dont know if anything has changed yet or not.

 

[Corrine]

Hi, ACWN.

I have used ATF-Cleaner on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Just right-click and Run as Admin with the instructions Jacee provided. (BTW, you'll notice that prefetch is grayed out as disabled.)

The direct download page is at ATF-Cleaner.exe - www.atribune.org

 

[ACWN]

Kay, if it comes back I'll give it a shot. Thanks, Corrine

 

[Corrine]

You're very welcome.

It seems like there was a longer period of time before you got the error again.

 

[ACWN]

About a week. It took a week last time too.

 

[ACWN]

Well, uninstalling the updates was totally pointless. The error hasnt come back, but my computer just reinstalled them. *rolls eyes* Figures.

 

[CarlTR6]

Turn off automatic updates. Choose to be notified of updates; but don't install them. Reinstall the updates one at time. Run your system before installing the next update. This way you can find the one causing the problem.

When you find the problem update, uninstall it and hide it.

 

[ACWN]

You're going to have to talk me through some of this. I'm not entirely familiar with Windows 7, so I'm not sure where to go for everything.


The only problem is is that the updates reinstalled and I'm not sure which ones they were. I had removed them by date. I'm not sure if I'll be able to find them again.

 

[CarlTR6]

Open Action Center. Click on Windows Update on the left side of your screen.

Click on Change Settings (left side of the screen).

From the drop down menu, select Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them.

 

[ACWN]

Okay, I dont know if this is linked or not... but.. I just got this while going to deviantart... I contacted the webmaster, for all the good it will do me.

Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404

deviantart.com
Tue May 18 19:12:34 2010
Apache



Never mind! I guess they were revamping the site and I caught it while they were refreshing it or something.