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Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Daniel, Oct 21, 2009.

  1. Daniel

    Daniel Guest

    Hi

    I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had timed
    out.

    How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming and I
    only have a slow connection.

    thanks

    Daniel
     
    Daniel, Oct 21, 2009
    #1
  3. Gene E. Bloch

    Gene E. Bloch Guest

    On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:17:12 +1100, Daniel wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi
    >
    > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had timed
    > out.
    >
    > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming and I
    > only have a slow connection.
    >
    > thanks
    >
    > Daniel<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I can't imagine how this could be anything other than a problem with the
    ISP or the download site.

    --
    Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
     
    Gene E. Bloch, Oct 21, 2009
    #2
  4. LVTravel

    LVTravel Guest

    "Daniel" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
    news:ut#GlVrUKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi
    >
    > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had
    > timed out.
    >
    > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming and
    > I
    > only have a slow connection.
    >
    > thanks
    >
    > Daniel<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    If you are on dialup your ISP may be able to increase the time allowed for
    inactivity (and a long download my indicate inactivity to their servers. It
    happened to me a lot when on dialup.)

    You also may try this to see if it helps. If you also receive email through
    your dial-up account set your email program to automatically check for new
    messages every 15 minutes and run the program in addition to whatever is
    downloading the large file. This sends a command to the ISP that requests
    info and "keeps the line open." My ISP years ago told me to do that and it
    did help prevent timeouts.

    If you are on a slow broadband connection you need to contact your ISP to
    find out what is happening.

    Let us know what you find out or if my little fix does work for you.
     
    LVTravel, Oct 21, 2009
    #3
  5. vista bill

    vista bill Guest

    On Oct 21, 9:17 pm, "Daniel" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi
    >
    > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had timed
    > out.
    >
    > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming and I
    > only have a slow connection.
    >
    > thanks
    >
    > Daniel<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Maybe this will offer something...




    Bill
     
    vista bill, Oct 21, 2009
    #4
  6. vista bill

    vista bill Guest

    On Oct 21, 9:17 pm, "Daniel" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hi
    >
    > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had timed
    > out.
    >
    > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming and I
    > only have a slow connection.
    >
    > thanks
    >
    > Daniel<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    There's a free download of software that will allow one to download
    large files in "pieces" but I can't remember the name. A friend sent
    it to me a couple years ago and I can't locate the name. He used it
    when he was using dial-up and downloaded large files over a several
    day period. I might be able to find the name tomorrow when I've
    rested. He might have downloaded it from CNet or Tucows.



    Bill
     
    vista bill, Oct 22, 2009
    #5
  7. vista bill

    vista bill Guest

    On Oct 22, 1:04 am, vista bill <billsrremp...@gmail.com> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > On Oct 21, 9:17 pm, "Daniel" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > Hi<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    > > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had timed
    > > out.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming and I
    > > only have a slow connection.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > thanks<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > Daniel<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­------------------------------------------------------
    >
    > There's a free download of software that will allow one to download
    > large files in "pieces" but I can't remember the name. A friend sent
    > it to me a couple years ago and I can't locate the name. He used it
    > when he was using dial-up and downloaded large files over a several
    > day period. I might be able to find the name tomorrow when I've
    > rested. He might have downloaded it from CNet or Tucows.
    >
    > Bill<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Here ya' go...

    BitTorrent, Azureus, uTorrent... these spread out huge downloads over
    many sessions (several days, if necesssary).

    "DownThemAll" is a Firefox extension that works with anything that can
    be downloaded with a browser.

    I believe these aare all free downloads. Should be easy enough to find
    with a search.

    Good luck!

    Bill
     
    vista bill, Oct 22, 2009
    #6
  8. Daniel

    Daniel Guest

    Thanks to all that replied, I do not have dialup but the sites I have
    problems with allow only 6Kb/s for
    non premium accounts, I will try the Firefox and the BitTorrent things.

    Regards

    Daniel

    "vista bill" <billsrrempire@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:c540b8eb-a180-43af-bf31-3cd6a34a4780@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > On Oct 22, 1:04 am, vista bill <billsrremp...@gmail.com> wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> On Oct 21, 9:17 pm, "Daniel" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >> > Hi<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >> > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    >> > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had
    >> > timed
    >> > out.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >> > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming
    >> > and I
    >> > only have a slow connection.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >> > thanks<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >> > Daniel<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­------------------------------------------------------
    >>
    >> There's a free download of software that will allow one to download
    >> large files in "pieces" but I can't remember the name. A friend sent
    >> it to me a couple years ago and I can't locate the name. He used it
    >> when he was using dial-up and downloaded large files over a several
    >> day period. I might be able to find the name tomorrow when I've
    >> rested. He might have downloaded it from CNet or Tucows.
    >>
    >> Bill<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    >
    > Here ya' go...
    >
    > BitTorrent, Azureus, uTorrent... these spread out huge downloads over
    > many sessions (several days, if necesssary).
    >
    > "DownThemAll" is a Firefox extension that works with anything that can
    > be downloaded with a browser.
    >
    > I believe these aare all free downloads. Should be easy enough to find
    > with a search.
    >
    > Good luck!
    >
    > Bill
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
    Daniel, Oct 22, 2009
    #7
  9. LVTravel

    LVTravel Guest

    "Daniel" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
    news:#rNVgSuUKHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Thanks to all that replied, I do not have dialup but the sites I have
    > problems with allow only 6Kb/s for
    > non premium accounts, I will try the Firefox and the BitTorrent things.
    >
    > Regards
    >
    > Daniel
    >
    > "vista bill" <billsrrempire@gmail.com> wrote in message
    > news:c540b8eb-a180-43af-bf31-3cd6a34a4780@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    >> On Oct 22, 1:04 am, vista bill <billsrremp...@gmail.com> wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
    >>> On Oct 21, 9:17 pm, "Daniel" <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
    >>>
    >>> > Hi
    >>>
    >>> > I have Vista Ultimate 64, sometimes when I am downloading a large file
    >>> > download does not finish and I get an error box that the download had
    >>> > timed
    >>> > out.
    >>>
    >>> > How can I stop this, the sites where is happens do no support resuming
    >>> > and I
    >>> > only have a slow connection.
    >>>
    >>> > thanks
    >>>
    >>> > Daniel
    >>>
    >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­------------------------------------------------------
    >>>
    >>> There's a free download of software that will allow one to download
    >>> large files in "pieces" but I can't remember the name. A friend sent
    >>> it to me a couple years ago and I can't locate the name. He used it
    >>> when he was using dial-up and downloaded large files over a several
    >>> day period. I might be able to find the name tomorrow when I've
    >>> rested. He might have downloaded it from CNet or Tucows.
    >>>
    >>> Bill<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >>
    >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    >>
    >> Here ya' go...
    >>
    >> BitTorrent, Azureus, uTorrent... these spread out huge downloads over
    >> many sessions (several days, if necesssary).
    >>
    >> "DownThemAll" is a Firefox extension that works with anything that can
    >> be downloaded with a browser.
    >>
    >> I believe these aare all free downloads. Should be easy enough to find
    >> with a search.
    >>
    >> Good luck!
    >>
    >> Bill
    >><!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    If you can locate a friend or even a library that has a better offering on
    broadband download speeds, you could download the file at that location and
    put it on a USB drive to take to your "slow" computer. Another thought that
    may help.
     
    LVTravel, Oct 22, 2009
    #8

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