{"id":126,"date":"2012-10-11T14:11:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2012-10-12T01:24:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T01:24:11","slug":"irritating-invalid-url-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carla.romere.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Irritating “Invalid URL” Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several months ago, I started getting “Invalid URL” message when going to Facebook or Google, but only on my home network. I tried different browsers, etc., but couldn’t figure out what the problem was. I think I might have gotten it under control now. I tried flushing my DNS cache and that cleared it up this time. I will continue trying that when I get the error again.<\/p>\n

If you start getting this error on Facebook or Google (or any website for that matter), give this a shot.<\/p>\n

Go to Start > Accessories > Command Prompt. When the little black window opens type this exactly. There is a space between ipconfig and the \/.<\/p>\n

ipconfig \/flushdns<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Then hit enter. That cleared it up for me and I was able to open Facebook and Google again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several months ago, I started getting “Invalid URL” message when going to Facebook or Google, but only on my home network. I tried different browsers, etc., but couldn’t figure out what the problem was. I think I might have gotten it under control now. I tried flushing my DNS cache and that cleared it up this time. I will continue trying that when I get the error again. If you start getting this error on Facebook or Google (or any…<\/p>\n

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