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When i Download anything it stops

Nov 23, 2003 10:47AM PST

I'll be downloading a file -say its halo demo- and it will just stop after a few seconds, it will be fine then in 5 seconds after i stop it freezes

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Re:When i Download anything it stops
Nov 24, 2003 8:19AM PST

freezes as in how frozen. can you start other applications? does Ctrl-Alt-Del work? can you visit web sites? which antivirus program do you have? have you run it recently?

Herb...

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Re:Re:When i Download anything it stops
Nov 24, 2003 10:17AM PST

I mean by that when i download the download itself freezes,,, i have dsl and i know its not connection but no matter the site i download from it wont work

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Re:Re:Re:When i Download anything it stops
Nov 26, 2003 7:53AM PST

can you ping the site? i asked that earlier. if you can get through, then have you tried a different web browser? you are saying that this happens on every site? are these for FTP or HTTP downloads? if FTP, you may need to set PASV mode on the transfers.

Herb...

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Re:When i Download anything it stops
Dec 6, 2003 6:35AM PST

i have this same problem; superfast internet (dsl) and reasonable computer but download will spontaneously stop. if you have any firewalls try suspending them, it might work (for me it didnt). what ended up working for me was disconnecting my router (dont know if you have one). if you do try taking it off temporarily and if this solves the problem contact the company for help.