BleepingComputer.com: HTTP 400 Bad Request

Hi Everyone! Serious problems!

Rebuilt PC with Intel DX58SO mother board with Core i7 920 and installed OEM Vista 64. Everything appears ok except I receive the HTTP 400 Bad Request on all targeting urls.
I have a Belkin wireless network with a laptop that had WPA on it which I dropped with no change in results. I can see and copy files to an from both computers and access email on the Vista desktop. All of the MS Windows updates downloaded and installed in the background except for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update (KB951847) x64. Have tried to install this numerous times with no success. I suspect that this might have something to do with the IE 7 errors. I get the same error trying to access my router at 192.168.2.1 and all attempts to diagnose the problem returns the info that I am connected to the internet . My Vista install is a basic install, i.e. I have installed no applications on the system and there is no anti virus or firewall software.

Thanks for your help!!

Jim

I would go through your services make sure everything needed for internet browsing is running... I would also make sure your DNS is set properly... Are you having any of these problems with your laptop? When was the last time you logged into the router? Can you log into the router with the laptop? You could try installing IE8, or Firefox, see if it is just the browser causing it... Also you could check your hosts file make sure nothing as been set that would block targeting URLs... What errors are you getting from IE7...

I have full internet access with IE 7 now after fixing a network setup error. My Bad - however this did not fix the problem I am having in applying two Windows updates, i.e. > Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update (KB951847) x64 and ATI Technologies, Inc - Display - ATI All-in-Wonder HD. I get a Failed:1 update with a Code 80244020 Windows Update encountered and unknown error.

For the Windows updates I really wouldn't know what to tell you, other then trying to download and install them manually...Sometimes it happens cause of malformatted packets, sometimes it happens cause of hardware or even other software issues...

I was able to work around the Windows update problem.

When I first installed VISTA, which was my first go with it, I was rather shocked to see a slew of messages about updates being applied etc. I didn't know that VISTA had even done that as I had not at that time established a connection with IE7. In any case, my access to these uninstalled updates was thru VISTA's Startup menu. I was able to download MSs Update Installer from another MS site and when I ran that it did the search on my system for updates like it does on XP and found those updates and downloaded and installed them without any problems.

I believe the copies that were failing for me simple got corrupted inadvertently thru my unfamiliarity with VISTA.

Thanks for your help and it was in fact fixed by downloading the updates again manually like you suggested.!

ciao

Well that is great, I am glad to hear that things are running now for you... And you are more then welcome, glad my advice helped..