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popeye1250 -> Computer question. (11/1/2011 8:32:42 AM)

Every time I try to go into an article on Yahoo News it's saying; "Sorry, bad request."
Yahoo help page recommended downloading Net explorer 9 which I did to no avail.
What could it be to all you computer savy people out there?



mnottertail -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 8:34:58 AM)

is it a cut and paste? one single article? did you grab the entire thing and remove the final period? could it be the article has a malformed yahoo link embedded?

try something else in yahoo news directly.



littlewonder -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 8:36:29 AM)

have you tried cleaning out your cache?Also check your firewall settings.



HannahLynn -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 8:46:06 AM)

possible reasons.

firewall issues <good call there lw>
proxy settings or proxy blocked by yahoo
java or other scripts not enabled
flash out of date or blocked
corrupted os files
insufficient page file size
etc., etc., etc.

i need some info before i can even begin to fucking guess.
1. when did this start?
2. what is different from it was before the issue started?



ashjor911 -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 12:02:28 PM)

its a proxy problem,

here it says: forbidden [:D][:D]



popeye1250 -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 1:36:25 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: HannahLynn

possible reasons.

firewall issues <good call there lw>
proxy settings or proxy blocked by yahoo
java or other scripts not enabled
flash out of date or blocked
corrupted os files
insufficient page file size
etc., etc., etc.

i need some info before i can even begin to fucking guess.
1. when did this start?
2. what is different from it was before the issue started?



It started about two months ago on another computer, sporadically.
Then all the time, then occaisionally I could read news articles.
My firewall is on, Java is on, adobe updated
I have no problem going to any other site on the WWW just Yahoo News Articles on Yahoo homepage.

The message I keep getting from Yahoo is; "Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand."
"Size of a request header field exceeds server limit."
Whatever that means!



littlewonder -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 1:53:25 PM)

have you run any spyware lately? Make sure you don't have something running that's blocking it.

Also try this:
turn off friendly HTTP error messages in IE. To do this go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced. Uncheck show friendly HTTP error messages. Once you have done this you should get a more detailed message which will point you to the real problem.



Arpig -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 5:44:15 PM)

You're using IE, that is your problem. Use Firefox or Chrome, or even Opera, anything but IE. IE is without question the crappiest and buggiest browser available.



Kirata -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 7:02:30 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: popeye1250

The message I keep getting from Yahoo is; "Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand."
"Size of a request header field exceeds server limit."
Whatever that means!

http://www.filonov.com/blog/2009/11/07/error-400-size-of-a-request-header-field-exceeds-server-limit/

K.



MasterJohnSteed -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 7:59:46 PM)

What I always suggested to customers having problems with websites:

Make sure that you have done a scan disk and a defrag on your computer (Seems strange but if the browser needs a driver or helper file and for what ever reason can't find it, it should clear it up)

Is your Date and Time Correct? (Again might seem a stupid answer but if the server is expecting your computer to report a certain date and time and its wrong then it can throw things out of whack. I have seen this happen in real life repeatedly where I ask that question, the answer is no, they fix it and they are online)

Is there a difference in the website using Firefox and IE? again can be corruption in the software.

at the command prompt "netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt" then reboot your computer. That will reset your winsock not to be used lightly but defiantly a big stick to hit a bug with.

If your using a cable modem, and you cannot get online period end of story. However the mdm is lit up like its working. unplug the mdm, unscrew the cable, touch your finger to the copper wire in the center of the coax cable and then hook everything back up. There is about a 5% chance that you will get back online.

The Mdm is getting to much power to it. that will drain off some of the static charge on the copper and you will get back online.

Have you updated all of your drivers, windows update, and service packs. (Servers will get drivers, updates, service packs usually very quickly after it comes out and they will throw away a request from a non patched machine, especially if its a security patch)

Are your cables in Good shape, If your using a DSL or Cable Mdm it that net work cable is cut or damaged in any way it can affect it. same goes with coax cables.



Kirata -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 8:06:14 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: MasterJohnSteed

What I always suggested to customers having problems with websites...

Another reason to take the bank job.

K.



HannahLynn -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 8:49:09 PM)

quote:

"Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand."
"Size of a request header field exceeds server limit."
dump your cookies, that should fix the fucking problem.



Termyn8or -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 9:16:24 PM)

Dumping cookies is a drag. I suggest restoring the PC back to a day before the problem happened.

I would also scrutinize EXACTLY what these two PCs have in common. The user is usually common. Some site [t]he[y] went to, or whatever. That is what is in common. Find that, then don't do it. It's probably some sort of spyware, but running a stupid program usually won't get rid of that.

Restore back to a date when it worled. If that doesn't work just reload it, when it asks where to install Windows, tell it Mindows or something. What I usually do is cut the "S" off the end making it "C"\WINDOW\". There are some instructions you must follow before doing this to save your old files, but it will run like new.

The problem with this is that you must reinstall a bunch of software and in many cases drivers as well. Do this once and instead of fifty bucks for antivirus and renewal fees and having the motherfucker slow your PC down, for fifty bucks get a new harddrive and once you got the one loaded and everything is up and running, clone it. Once you have a cloned, running viable bootdrive with all your programs on it, unplug it and duct tape it to the bottom of the PC case. When it fucks up again, try everything, the system restore, do whatever you want with cookies and shit, whatever. But when all else fails, just clone it back.

I want to see a virus get on a fucking harddrive that ain't plugged in.

Now that is the ultimate security and the reason why I need no antivirus junk or anything. What's more I haven't defragged in two decades and my shit runs great. The trick is to have enough RAM.

Forget about 76% of everything you ever learned.

T^T



HannahLynn -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 9:29:43 PM)

quote:

Dumping cookies is a drag.
why do you say that? <she asks, not expecting anything even resembling a sensible reply>

i'm sorry termy but your advice is fucked. you suggest that rather than clicking a few buttons and waiting maybe 30 seconds, he should spend the next three days reinstalling everything?

sweet holy mother of the zombie god man, can i have your tech client list? i'll make a fucking fortune fixing what you do to their systems.



littlewonder -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 9:32:06 PM)

uumm...dude. It's just one website not coming up for him....no reason to go through all of that.




HannahLynn -> RE: Computer question. (11/1/2011 9:41:05 PM)

quote:

Another reason to take the bank job.
hey, he said he was a fucking tech - he never said he was a good fucking tech now did he?



Termyn8or -> RE: Computer question. (11/2/2011 3:41:08 AM)

If you knew what cookies do you would know that they are very unlikely to cause this problem. Clearing the cache is for the fucking birds as well. That's what they tell tech support to say to sound technical.

System restore should work, plus the way I'm talking about doing it, you only reload once. Then all you need is a copy of Norton Ghost or a cloning utility available for free from almost every harddrive manufacturer. In fact it should be done when the computer is new, as soon as you get rid of all the bullshit trial versions of software you don't want. (to buy)

And defragging is for people with fucking MFM harddrives. Just get a bigger one once it's half full. Spend your money on gigabytes instead of bullshit that clogs up your RAM no matter how much you got and needs to update every week. These days defragging has very little to do with performance, however it MIGHT help your harddrive last longer.

Plus the fact - tell me why the fuck an anti virus programs requires a reboot after an update ! Bullmotherfuckingshit. You get one file changed with more virus definitions, whoever writes a program like that should be tarred and feathered. I think even AVG does that, it's ridiculous. BTW if you MUST have antivirus software, get AVG.

Anyone else who can make a ten year old PC run like lightning raise your hand.

T^T



HannahLynn -> RE: Computer question. (11/2/2011 8:08:45 AM)

and she was not disappointed.

quote:

If you knew what cookies do you would know that they are very unlikely to cause this problem.
i do know what cookies do, and that's why i suggested this fucking solution. the request header uses info in the cookie to keep your personalized settings for your yahoo page. this info is continually updated every time you do shit on yahoo, so eventually there gets to be too much shit in there which gets sent in the header - making it too big for the receiving server <the size limit is set on the server side>. dump the cookie and a new one is created without all the tracking shit.

however my old neo-luddite friend, you failed to answer my fucking question: why is dumping your cookies a drag?

quote:

Clearing the cache is for the fucking birds as well.
if you knew what the cache does you would understand why clearing it is not only often handy, it should be done every time you close your fucking browser.

quote:

Plus the fact - tell me why the fuck an anti virus programs requires a reboot after an update !
because you are running real time protection so the av runs as a service. since it is running as a service, the new definitions have to be loaded from the registry, which will require a reboot.

ta-fucking-da. anything else i can explain for you?



kalikshama -> RE: Computer question. (11/2/2011 9:46:45 AM)

quote:

however my old neo-luddite friend, you failed to answer my fucking question: why is dumping your cookies a drag?


I run ccleaner several times a week. For some reason, it clears my stored passwords in FireFox, but not IE. Saved Form Information is not checked. My workaround is to not use FF for sites for which I want to store passwords. (This is for Google Analytics - not banking :)

Other than that, I love ccleaner.



Hippiekinkster -> RE: Computer question. (11/2/2011 9:52:13 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: kalikshama

quote:

however my old neo-luddite friend, you failed to answer my fucking question: why is dumping your cookies a drag?


I run ccleaner several times a week. For some reason, it clears my stored passwords in FireFox, but not IE. Saved Form Information is not checked. My workaround is to not use FF for sites for which I want to store passwords. (This is for Google Analytics - not banking :)

Other than that, I love ccleaner.
I run it when my Netflix streaming starts acting wonky.



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