topcat989
02-25-2007, 05:06 PM
first off i hope this is the right forum, it looked closest to what I'm dealing with.
Well my parents have moved in with me temp as they sort through their stuff to see what they'll trash and what they'll take with them as they retire to Texas. They both got new laptops, running windows vista home premuim, and somehow my Pop has broken his IE already. Don't believe it's a virus. Both laptops were working perfectly on my wireless router, and now his give a 400 error: bad file request every time he tries to connect to internet. His laptop shows a good wireless connection, but everytime he types google or yahoo or whatever, he gets this error. Mom's laptop continues to work no problem.
I've already done the tech support dance with HP, uninstalling/reinstalling wireless adaptor/drivers/winsock/etc. No avail. HP said it was Microsoft's puppy. And that recovery was the only fix. (Recovery in this instance is basically wiping the HD and reinstalling the factory new image). Will do that but was hoping before i went to that bullshit someone might know what cuases a 400 error when all indications show a good connection to internet? Keep in mind the exact same laptop model (Mom's) has no problems, so it isn't my wireless router/network setup. My guess is my Dad downloaded a browser plug in that fucked things up, but can't remember just what it was. Any help is appreciated, thx.
Well my parents have moved in with me temp as they sort through their stuff to see what they'll trash and what they'll take with them as they retire to Texas. They both got new laptops, running windows vista home premuim, and somehow my Pop has broken his IE already. Don't believe it's a virus. Both laptops were working perfectly on my wireless router, and now his give a 400 error: bad file request every time he tries to connect to internet. His laptop shows a good wireless connection, but everytime he types google or yahoo or whatever, he gets this error. Mom's laptop continues to work no problem.
I've already done the tech support dance with HP, uninstalling/reinstalling wireless adaptor/drivers/winsock/etc. No avail. HP said it was Microsoft's puppy. And that recovery was the only fix. (Recovery in this instance is basically wiping the HD and reinstalling the factory new image). Will do that but was hoping before i went to that bullshit someone might know what cuases a 400 error when all indications show a good connection to internet? Keep in mind the exact same laptop model (Mom's) has no problems, so it isn't my wireless router/network setup. My guess is my Dad downloaded a browser plug in that fucked things up, but can't remember just what it was. Any help is appreciated, thx.