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XP PRO: Downloads freeze before completion
microsoft, you guys must be afraid to tackle the tough
questions. this has sat around for a month with NO replies. WHERE IS THE WEB SUPPORT!? Listen up folks: the only way to get support from microsoft is to pay $245 an incident. The only way to get DECENT support from microsoft is to purchase MILLIONS of dollars in support, which they screw you for. Linux linux here I come. Why should I bother? Hell, they can't answer because they don't know the answer. there's so many holes in their OS it's all they can do to keep the big things patched with duct tape and chicken wire. I challenge you web support lackies - stop drinking your free soda and jerking around in redmond or dallas or wherever, and get thinking on this. I shouldn't have to wait a month, I shouldn't have to format and reinstall and CALL YOU FOR ANOTHER AUTH CODE SO I CAN INSTALL SOFTWARE I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR again and again and again. it's absurd. -----Original Message----- Strange, baffling and NEW problem: winxp pro SP1, all current updates. When downloading through HTTP, FTP, peer to peer (kazaa or gnucleus), streaming, you name it, downloads halt. Browsing the web is fine (large imagery and flash files will halt tho), email is fine as long as it's not containing 1mb attatchments; this came on suddenly, with no changes or system modifications; has the dsl guys stratching their noggins (not much of a stretch, I know). Usually, whether it's a zip or .mov or avi or WHATEVER, it'll get about half way downloaded. Then stop. Not *FAIL*, but stop. if I let it sit for 5 hours, it'll fail, but I suspect that's the server side just throwing up it's hands and walking off. Tested on ISO files, avi, mov, zip, etc.. doubt it's a file thing. I have 12gb free on my main drive, about 30gb across the rest of the system. I've tried to step backwards to various restore points (both pre and post SP1)- no good. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the ethernet drivers. Nope. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling IE and opera; the TCP/IP connection. About the only thing I haven't tried is re-installing windows; I can't find any KB articles related to this, but really, the KB can be hard to search sometimes, so I may be missing something big, but I don't know what. I'm EXTREMELY loath to reinstall XP as we use engineering software that's a b*tchrod to reconfigure. Come on Ken Wickes! Show me the light! . |
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XP PRO: Downloads freeze before completion
Do you want help or not?
wrote in message ... microsoft, you guys must be afraid to tackle the tough questions. this has sat around for a month with NO replies. WHERE IS THE WEB SUPPORT!? Listen up folks: the only way to get support from microsoft is to pay $245 an incident. The only way to get DECENT support from microsoft is to purchase MILLIONS of dollars in support, which they screw you for. Linux linux here I come. Why should I bother? Hell, they can't answer because they don't know the answer. there's so many holes in their OS it's all they can do to keep the big things patched with duct tape and chicken wire. I challenge you web support lackies - stop drinking your free soda and jerking around in redmond or dallas or wherever, and get thinking on this. I shouldn't have to wait a month, I shouldn't have to format and reinstall and CALL YOU FOR ANOTHER AUTH CODE SO I CAN INSTALL SOFTWARE I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR again and again and again. it's absurd. -----Original Message----- Strange, baffling and NEW problem: winxp pro SP1, all current updates. When downloading through HTTP, FTP, peer to peer (kazaa or gnucleus), streaming, you name it, downloads halt. Browsing the web is fine (large imagery and flash files will halt tho), email is fine as long as it's not containing 1mb attatchments; this came on suddenly, with no changes or system modifications; has the dsl guys stratching their noggins (not much of a stretch, I know). Usually, whether it's a zip or .mov or avi or WHATEVER, it'll get about half way downloaded. Then stop. Not *FAIL*, but stop. if I let it sit for 5 hours, it'll fail, but I suspect that's the server side just throwing up it's hands and walking off. Tested on ISO files, avi, mov, zip, etc.. doubt it's a file thing. I have 12gb free on my main drive, about 30gb across the rest of the system. I've tried to step backwards to various restore points (both pre and post SP1)- no good. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the ethernet drivers. Nope. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling IE and opera; the TCP/IP connection. About the only thing I haven't tried is re-installing windows; I can't find any KB articles related to this, but really, the KB can be hard to search sometimes, so I may be missing something big, but I don't know what. I'm EXTREMELY loath to reinstall XP as we use engineering software that's a b*tchrod to reconfigure. Come on Ken Wickes! Show me the light! . |
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