An error 404 is the most frustrating thing you will come across in your Web surfing. It is sometimes just called "Not Found". A 404 error happens when you request a page that doesn't exist. This could happen for a number of reasons:
- When you copied the address into your Web browser you made a mistake.
- The address you copied had a mistake in it.
- There was a mistake in the address of the link that you clicked.
- There used to be a page at that address but it's no longer there because it was removed, or moved to somewhere else.
With a little investigative work you can usually beat the 404 blues.
Did you copy the address from somewhere on your computer like an email message? Using copy and paste you can avoid the middle-man and get the address straight from one place to another without even having to pass it through your own brain.
- Select the address with your mouse using click and drag.
- Press Ctrl-C (PC) or Apple-C (Mac).
- Open up your Web Browser.
- Click in the 'location bar' of your browser. This is the box, near the top of the browser, that contains the address of the page.
- Delete the current contents of the location bar by pressing the 'delete' or 'backspace' key.
- Press Ctrl-V (PC) or Apple-V (Mac). The new address should appear in the location bar.
- Press the 'Enter' key.
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