Error: 400 Bad Request

tru

Only do this if you know what you're doing - check the registry and delete it from there (if it's there at all, that is)

Curry_Queen

Ok, I've just had this happen again at 01:50 whilst browsing the Money section of the forum.

I got some extra clues this time by C&P the black bar containing the coding and it seems it's something to do with cookies

There was a whole page of coding when I pasted into Notepad, but I've just taken the first line to show you as an example.

Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

Cookie: vbulletin_collapse=thanks805000%0Athanks814797%0Athanks ... etc

Apache/2.0.52 (Debian GNU/Linux) PHP/5.0.3-0.7 Server at forums.moneysavingexpert.com Port 80

I cleared all my cookies this time, which seems to have worked, rather than re-booting the machine, so will see how it goes from here! I don't suppose anyone has figured out why this is happening yet, have they?

Mr_Skint_2

C_Q can I suggest this close your browser and then do this.

Start, Run, Type cmd, then type ipconfig /dnsflush

Notice the space inbetween ipconfig and /

Then Open yer browser again.

Curry_Queen

What does that actually do Mr Skint?

Not that I don't trust you or anything LOL! ... but I do like to know why and what I'm doing before blindly following instructions

Mr_Skint_2

Hi C_Q sorry about the delay I didnt realise you posted back.

Basically when you send a request (like google.com) to a DNS server, it gives you an IP address (like 255.255.255.255). When you flush the DNS cache, you’re telling the DNS server to actually check for an updated IP address instead of using the old cache file.

This will also help Fran as now youll understand.