when doing downloads they stop at 99% and never complete the

Download, on a separate computer, the free Firefox browser. Transfer it using a flash drive, then install it and see if Firefox downloads things correctly.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html

If it doesn't, then try downloading, installing, updating, and running a full system scan with the free Malwarebytes program from the link below:

Malwarebytes Antimalware

Hope this helps.

Grif

Hello raliegh,

Are you using Firefox, IE, Chrome, etc? Or is it related to torrents?

First. I LOL at use firefox suggestion...I completely agree but for those who still love IE I suggest a check disk. There is a particular .DLL I believe that specifically completes downloads within IE. You can either reinstall IE or run the check disk. I used to have this same problem on my old work PC. Every time without fail the download would stop at 99%. Try out the check disk and let me know how it goes. If you need instructions, three methods are provided here http://lynchburgcomputerrepair.com/CheckDisk.htm


Paul

It may be the firewall you are using that may be stopping your downloads from completing. You should check to see what rules you've got the firewall set to for inbound traffic. There might be certain programs that the firewall is not allowing to pass through when you try to download them because of rules restricting them.

Try turning of your Antivirus for one of those downloads.
When you download, the file is stored in catch until downloaded from the net. It is then passed to your AV before been stored to the preferred storage folder ie downloads or desktop.
The command that sends to AV is either faulty or your AV scanner is faulty and not praising downloaded file, so IE or Firefox will sit at 99% until it gets command back from AV to move to saved folder.

when ever i try to download any software,the same problems crops up.this is happening with IE8 and chrome.i do not have mozilla installed and when i am trying to install it,the same problem arises.and strange thing is that i am not encountering any such problem when i download any music file.what do i do?
i need immediate help
thankyou

Hi ,

I am facing the same problem. I recently upgraded my PC by extending the RAM & reloaded Windows XP.

I am trying to download Anti Virus (teh PC currently does not have any AV installed).

But the download stops at 99%, and waits there indefinitely.

Can you please suggest what I should do?

Thanks....