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Old August 11th 05, 06:32 AM
~ FreeSpirit ~
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Default Cant' download SP2 to save.

Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site) it
starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in a few
minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?

FS~

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Old August 11th 05, 06:46 AM
Andrew E.
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Try R.clicking on the button,select "save as".You can also order the
cd,"free"
from microsoft.

"~ FreeSpirit ~" wrote:

Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site) it
starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in a few
minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?

FS~


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Old August 11th 05, 06:58 AM
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"Andrew E." wrote in message
...
Try R.clicking on the button,select "save as".


## Thanks. Yes, that's what I did. I tried 3 times now and each time it
trailed off to nothing. :-(

You can also order the
cd,"free"
from microsoft.


## I had hoped I could just download it, burn it to a CD and save it.

FS~

"~ FreeSpirit ~" wrote:

Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site) it
starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in a few
minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?

FS~



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Old August 11th 05, 07:08 AM
Shenan Stanley
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~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site)
it starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in
a few minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?


Andrew E. wrote
Try R.clicking on the button,select "save as".
You can also order the cd,"free" from microsoft.


~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Thanks. Yes, that's what I did. I tried 3 times now and each
time it trailed off to nothing. :-(
I had hoped I could just download it, burn it to a CD and save it.


Where are you downloading it from?

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Order the Free Windows XP SP2 CD
http://snipurl.com/8umo

What browser are you using to download it?
Do you have any "download accelerators" or "Internet accelerators"
installed?

I just tried and stayed consistently above 630KB/sec. So it is not
Microsoft but your provider or some hop between yourself and Microsoft could
be having trouble.

What does a TRACERT to download.microsoft.com give you?
I never got anything above 107ms and it was only 8 hops.

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Old August 11th 05, 07:46 AM
~ FreeSpirit ~
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
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~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site)
it starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in
a few minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?


Andrew E. wrote
Try R.clicking on the button,select "save as".
You can also order the cd,"free" from microsoft.


~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Thanks. Yes, that's what I did. I tried 3 times now and each
time it trailed off to nothing. :-(
I had hoped I could just download it, burn it to a CD and save it.


Where are you downloading it from?

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy


## I can't get to Sp2 downloads page again to give you the URL. Now I keep
getting a page that says "Try Microsoft Update Today" when I search for the
Sp2 download.

Order the Free Windows XP SP2 CD
http://snipurl.com/8umo


## That's what I just did. However I had time tonight to download and burn
it to a CD rather than wait 4 to 6 weeks for it to arrive. I did finally
order it from MS - a few minutes ago. Now I can't even find/get to the
download page.

What browser are you using to download it?


## IE6.

Do you have any "download accelerators" or "Internet accelerators"
installed?


## No because my Satellite (Direcway) is so fast. None are needed.

I just tried and stayed consistently above 630KB/sec.


## It started at about 100KB/sec which rapidly dropped off to 40 or
less,... then it stops altogether.

So it is not
Microsoft but your provider or some hop between yourself and Microsoft
could be having trouble.


## This is possible. However, now I can't get to a Sp2 download
page........ I keep getting routed back to the "Try Microsoft Update Today"
when I search for the Sp2 download.


What does a TRACERT to download.microsoft.com give you?


## What is a TRACERT?

I never got anything above 107ms and it was only 8 hops.


## 107ms? 8 hops?

FS~

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Old August 11th 05, 08:14 AM
Shenan Stanley
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~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site)
it starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in
a few minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?


Andrew E. wrote
Try R.clicking on the button,select "save as".
You can also order the cd,"free" from microsoft.


~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Thanks. Yes, that's what I did. I tried 3 times now and each
time it trailed off to nothing. :-(
I had hoped I could just download it, burn it to a CD and save it.


Shenan Stanley wrote:
Where are you downloading it from?

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Order the Free Windows XP SP2 CD
http://snipurl.com/8umo

What browser are you using to download it?

Do you have any "download accelerators" or "Internet accelerators"
installed?

I just tried and stayed consistently above 630KB/sec.

So it is not Microsoft but your provider or some hop between yourself
and Microsoft could be having trouble.

What does a TRACERT to download.microsoft.com give you?
I never got anything above 107ms and it was only 8 hops.



~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
I can't get to Sp2 downloads page again to give you the URL. Now
I keep getting a page that says "Try Microsoft Update Today" when I
search for the Sp2 download.

(as for the Ordering of a CD..) That's what I just did.
However I had time tonight to download
and burn it to a CD rather than wait 4 to 6 weeks for it to arrive. I did
finally order it from MS - a few minutes ago. Now I can't even
find/get to the download page.

Using IE6. No (accellerators) because my Satellite (Direcway) is so fast.
None are needed.

It started at about 100KB/sec which rapidly dropped off to 40 or
less,... then it stops altogether.

This is possible. However, now I can't get to a Sp2 download
page........ I keep getting routed back to the "Try Microsoft Update
Today" when I search for the Sp2 download.

What is a TRACERT?
107ms? 8 hops?


You realize I gave you the direct link to the download for SP2 above, right?
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

If it started at 100KB, that's "marginally fast", but good enough I guess.
heh

TRACERT..
You could have found this information on your own machine and/or using a
GOOGLE search.

Start button -- Help and Support -- search for:
TRACERT

(It is shortened version of "Trace Route", or tracing the route you go
through to get to a site from your computer. It tells you how long it takes
to get from each hop to the next - since you "hop" from your computer to the
first router, from the first router to the next and so on until you reach
your destination.)

To trace a path by using the tracert command
- Open Command Prompt, and type the following:
tracert host_name
(replace host_name appropriately.)

Or, type tracert ip_address
(replace ip_address appropriately)

where host_name or ip_address is the host name or IP address, respectively,
of the remote computer.

For example, to trace a connection route from this computer to
www.microsoft.com, type the following at a command prompt:
tracert www.microsoft.com

If you do not want the tracert command to resolve and display the names of
all routers in the path, use the -d parameter. This expedites the display of
the path. For example, to trace a path from this computer to
www.microsoft.com without displaying the router names, type the following at
a command prompt:

tracert -d www.microsoft.com

* Notes

- To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
- The tracert command traces the path by sending Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request and Echo Reply messages (similar to the ping
command) to produce command-line report output about each router that is
crossed and the roundtrip time (RTT) for each hop. Packet filtering policies
on routers, firewalls, or other types of security gateways might prevent the
forwarding of this traffic.
- If tracert is unsuccessful, you can use the command output to help
determine at which intermediate router forwarding failed or was slowed.

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Essentially, my tracert showed "download.microsoft.com" to be only 8 hops
aways, with the largest delay from one router to the next of 107
milliseconds(ms).

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MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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Old August 12th 05, 12:32 AM
jonah
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:32:47 -0500, "~ FreeSpirit ~"
wrote:

Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site) it
starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in a few
minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?

FS~


Hi

I had a very similar problem on a network PC when uploading to my
Websites or using FTP Upload via remote access also sending large e
mail files sometimes failed. Tried for ages to fix it but never
managed it, still don't know why. Uploads started at 56Ks and went
down to zip in under 30 seconds - not always but a good 50% of the
time. Since I could work around it I did not really chase it down too
hard I just used other machines and it became a backup server for a
while.

Eventually I re-installed the PCs XP installation after a MOBO
failiure / replacement and the problem vanished which led me to
suspect it was hardware related - but maybe not?

Jonah
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Old August 25th 05, 05:50 AM
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
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~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Every time I try to download SP2 to save to a CD (from the MS site)
it starts out as a slow 80 kb and trickles off to 40 KBs, then stops
altogether. I have Satellite download and this should download in
a few minutes - not hours! How is this downloaded to save?


Andrew E. wrote
Try R.clicking on the button,select "save as".
You can also order the cd,"free" from microsoft.


~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
Thanks. Yes, that's what I did. I tried 3 times now and each
time it trailed off to nothing. :-(
I had hoped I could just download it, burn it to a CD and save it.


Where are you downloading it from?

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Order the Free Windows XP SP2 CD
http://snipurl.com/8umo

============================
I sent for the CD from MS and it arrived in a few days. Thanks

FS~

 




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