Downloads always end prematurely on one PC

[Guest Ian R]

Hi

 

My desktop PC is running XP Pro SP2. Its wired via Ethernet to my ADSL

router.

 

I can browse web pages and send/receive email without a problem but I've

been having trouble downloading large files on it.

 

Just one example, I had to download a 500mb .iso file. It estimated approx

50 minutes to download. After several minutes the progress bar jumps to the

end. I look in the folder it was saved to and as expected its a fraction of

the expected size. On the rare occasion when it takes the expected amount of

time and says its downloaded the full file (e.g 532Mb of 532Mb) the actual

file is much smaller and therefore corrupted.

 

This kind of thing happens repeatedly. You could suppose the trouble is

from the server I'm downloading from. But it doesn't matter if I'm

downloading drivers or .iso files from different manufacturers web sites

the end result is always the same.

 

If I use my laptop to download the files (via Ethernet from the same router)

they download without a problem first time - every time.

 

So I'm using the same internet connection, downloading the same file, from

the same location and trying it within seconds of the download on the first

PC failing.

 

So this is consistent and repeatable.

 

Any ideas what might cause my PC to have this sort of trouble?

 

Thanks for any info.

 

Ian

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Downloads always end prematurely on one PC

 

Even though you designate a destination folder for downloads, most

of them queue up through the browsers cache folder or either temp

folder ( User or System ). If you haven't checked/cleaned up those

locations it might help resolve the problem. You can do this manually

of with the Disk Cleanup utility.

 

"Ian R" <sorry@nospamthanks.com> wrote in message

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>

> Hi

>

> My desktop PC is running XP Pro SP2. Its wired via Ethernet to my ADSL

> router.

>

> I can browse web pages and send/receive email without a problem but I've

> been having trouble downloading large files on it.

>

> Just one example, I had to download a 500mb .iso file. It estimated

> approx

> 50 minutes to download. After several minutes the progress bar jumps to

> the

> end. I look in the folder it was saved to and as expected its a fraction

> of

> the expected size. On the rare occasion when it takes the expected amount

> of

> time and says its downloaded the full file (e.g 532Mb of 532Mb) the

> actual

> file is much smaller and therefore corrupted.

>

> This kind of thing happens repeatedly. You could suppose the trouble is

> from the server I'm downloading from. But it doesn't matter if I'm

> downloading drivers or .iso files from different manufacturers web sites

> the end result is always the same.

>

> If I use my laptop to download the files (via Ethernet from the same

> router)

> they download without a problem first time - every time.

>

> So I'm using the same internet connection, downloading the same file, from

> the same location and trying it within seconds of the download on the

> first

> PC failing.

>

> So this is consistent and repeatable.

>

> Any ideas what might cause my PC to have this sort of trouble?

>

> Thanks for any info.

>

> Ian

>

>

>

>