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Downloading Time out

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Hello
Every time I try downloading anything from Technet it downloads for a few hours, and then times out, and I need to start it over.
Is there a way of downloading that will alow me to continue of it times out, and not require me to start over?
Thank youThursday, November 12, 2009 11:52 AM
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Hi Robinson
Thank you very much.
I think the trouble is I wasn't using IE in the beginging, once I tried IE it just worked.- Marked as answer by Robinson Zhang Monday, November 23, 2009 8:27 AM
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:22 AM
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You can check out download.com for a download manager, or maybe try google chrome?
Try to provide an example of a link that takes a long time to download, and provide your connection type, DSL, dial-up, and if you are using a router, wlan etc.Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:43 PM -
I will maybe try chrome.I have tried in IE, Safari, and Firefox (with DTA).Tried at work (don't know the connection), and Home (CDMA I think).Niether connection is that great, I will admit and understand that, the problem is that it seems to need to start over every time it times out, and is unable to continue downloading when it has a connection issue.Maybe this is purposeful, so that people aren't able to have multiple threads/chunks of one file downloading at a time, and killing the servers.Lzim, thank you very much for your reply, it is greatly appreciated.Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:55 PM
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Hi Jonathan,
It's an odd issue. Could you please try to download them in Safe Mode to test if the issue is a software confliction issue?
If the issue disappear, you can try to do a clean boot to test the issue.
For your reference:
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
Hope it helps.Friday, November 13, 2009 8:40 AM -
Hello Robinson Zhang
I can try safemode, but I don't think the problem is a software one.
I do think the issue is with the network, I was just asking if there was a way to continue a download and not need to start it over.
I will still try the safemode thing, woth a shot.
Thanks a lot.Friday, November 13, 2009 8:59 AM -
Hi Jonathan,
If the issue is a software conflict issue, we can resolve it without installing a download manager XD
If the issue is a networking issue, you can choose a download manager as a workaround. Such as Net Transport,FlashGet.
Hope it helps.Monday, November 16, 2009 9:08 AM -
Okay... Followup.
Today I tried again.
Logged in, went to my download, clicked it...
This time Microsoft File Transfer Manager came up.
This seems to be working, it has gotten to 79%, and says about two hours left.
I will post if this is a success...
Thank you all.Monday, November 16, 2009 1:17 PM -
Hi Jonathan,
If you have any update, please feel free to let me know.
Thanks.Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:58 AM -
Hi Robinson
Thank you very much.
I think the trouble is I wasn't using IE in the beginging, once I tried IE it just worked.- Marked as answer by Robinson Zhang Monday, November 23, 2009 8:27 AM
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:22 AM -
Hi Robinson
Why would IE be required?
Thank you very much.
I think the trouble is I wasn't using IE in the beginging, once I tried IE it just worked.Friday, November 8, 2019 10:14 PM