XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

[Guest rjk]

Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

 

This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

 

I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've

installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows

updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

 

....have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender !!

...STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory, i.e.

it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried downloading it

to a different folder and saving it under a different name in case a

security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.

So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!

(IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

 

....would be grateful for any tips !

 

TIA

 

regards, Richard

[Guest rjk]

Re: XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

 

....and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with

names like:-

 

hosts.20080623-153932.backup

hosts.20080623-154134.backup

 

??

 

 

"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

>

> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

>

> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've

> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows

> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

>

> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender

> !!

> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,

> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried

> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name

> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.

> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!

> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

>

> ...would be grateful for any tips !

>

> TIA

>

> regards, Richard

>

[Guest rjk]

Re: XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

 

....and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with

names like:-

 

hosts.20080623-153932.backup

hosts.20080623-154134.backup

 

??

 

 

"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

>

> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

>

> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've

> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows

> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

>

> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender

> !!

> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,

> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried

> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name

> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.

> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!

> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

>

> ...would be grateful for any tips !

>

> TIA

>

> regards, Richard

>

[Guest rjk]

Re: XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

 

....and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with

names like:-

 

hosts.20080623-153932.backup

hosts.20080623-154134.backup

 

??

 

 

"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

>

> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

>

> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've

> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows

> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

>

> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender

> !!

> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,

> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried

> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name

> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.

> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!

> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

>

> ...would be grateful for any tips !

>

> TIA

>

> regards, Richard

>

[Guest rjk]

Re: XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

 

...ooops ! fighting with email server names on Dad's PC

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> ...and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with

> names like:-

>

> hosts.20080623-153932.backup

> hosts.20080623-154134.backup

>

> ??

>

>

> "rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

>>

>> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

>>

>> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've

>> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows

>> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

>>

>> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender

>> !!

>> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,

>> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried

>> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name

>> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.

>> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!

>> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

>>

>> ...would be grateful for any tips !

>>

>> TIA

>>

>> regards, Richard

>>

>

>

[Guest rjk]

Re: XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

 

....found it, ...sort of...

....uninstalled AVG 8.0 and Spybot S&D, and now nothing is interfering with

etc !

 

....now if only I could find out how, in either of the above programs, just

how to temporarily stop whichever one is that "locks" the hosts file, that

would be good !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

>

> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

>

> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've

> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows

> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

>

> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender

> !!

> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,

> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried

> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name

> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.

> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!

> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

>

> ...would be grateful for any tips !

>

> TIA

>

> regards, Richard

>