Guest rjk Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 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 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 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 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 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 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 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 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 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 news:uO8dXAU1IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > ...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 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 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 >
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