http 400 bad request

[Bob Patton]

When trying to open the www.nytimes.com site I receive a message that "The
Page Cannot Be Found" and a reference to "http 400 - Bad Request Internet
Explorer"

Makes no difference how I type in the address, whether using HTTP or HTTPS
or nothing except the www.nytimes.com address. IN fact, even if I try to
open a link to the New York Times from another site, such as Goodle, I
receive the same message.

I'm using IE6.0 with Windows XP Professional, and I have updated it with
all current updates. This appears to be the only web site that causes a
problem. It has occurred since I first installed on new computer a month
ago.

Thanks for any advice.

Bob

 

[Jerry]

Bob:
You wrote to me because I had the same problem. With my
ISP's help a few days ago I went into DOS and pinged the
site to get the numeric equivalent of the url, i.e.,
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. When I substituted that sequence instead
of www.nytimes.com, I could get to the site via IE6, but in
burrowing down further into the NY Times menu structure I
reached an impasse because the site eventually refused to
accept the substitution, plugging in the invalid
nytimes.com. I never was able to access my puzzle
subscription. I am still using Netscape to access the
site, pending a resolution from someone.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Bob:
You wrote to me because I had the same problem. With my
ISP's help a few days ago I went into DOS and pinged the
site to get the numeric equivalent of the url, i.e.,
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. When I substituted that sequence instead
of www.nytimes.com, I could get to the site via IE6, but in
burrowing down further into the NY Times menu structure I
reached an impasse because the site eventually refused to
accept the substitution, plugging in the invalid
nytimes.com. I never was able to access my puzzle
subscription. I am still using Netscape to access the
site, pending a resolution from someone.

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS

 

[Jerry]

On advice from someone in this newsgroup I disabled my
firewall (which I had installed AFTER the problem
started), temporarily disabled my pop-up blocker (which
has worked fine for several weeks), and deleted all my
nytimes cookies. IE6 can now access the website.

Good Luck.

 

[Bob Patton]

//snip//>
Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS

Thanks.
Tried that. Found the 'hosts' file. First, tried merely renaming and
rebooting. Made no difference
Then, opened the file with notepad and looked for references to the site.
There are none.
Renamed back to original name. Doesn't make any difference.

Any other ideas?
Bob

 

[Bob Patton]

When trying to open the www.nytimes.com site I receive a message that "The
Page Cannot Be Found" and a reference to "http 400 - Bad Request Internet
Explorer"

Makes no difference how I type in the address, whether using HTTP or HTTPS
or nothing except the www.nytimes.com address. IN fact, even if I try to
open a link to the New York Times from another site, such as Goodle, I
receive the same message.

I'm using IE6.0 with Windows XP Professional, and I have updated it with
all current updates. This appears to be the only web site that causes a
problem. It has occurred since I first installed on new computer a month
ago.

Thanks for any advice.

Bob

Another perspective on this problem: other users (i.e., other profiles) on
my computer can access the web site with no problem. But I cannot.
Bob

 

[H Leboeuf]

Remove or disable any Firewall or security software that my be the cause.