Can't download files!

Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and I
get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I have
noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just keeps
going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per second. (The
best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).

Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even possible
to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate to try a
back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)

Have you checked the path of the download. What happens if you do a search for the file that you downloaded after the download dialogue box finishes

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"spear_1021" <> wrote in message news:F696C832-30EE-4DBB-BB87-...
> Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
> although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
> access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
> whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
> usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and I
> get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I have
> noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just keeps
> going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per second. (The
> best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).
>
> Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even possible
> to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate to try a
> back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)
>

Go to Internet Options and Delete the Temporary Internet Files. First place
to start, anyway.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"spear_1021" <> wrote in message
news:F696C832-30EE-4DBB-BB87-...
> Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
> although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
> access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
> whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
> usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and
> I get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I
> have noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just
> keeps going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per
> second. (The best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).
>
> Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even
> possible to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate
> to try a back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)

I cleared out all the tempoary files using Disk CleanUp and then tried to
re-download the installation files for Firefox. At 7 MB it seems like a
decent candidate, not to small and not too big. I tried to download it the
desktop and I got a file with the name "Firefox Setup 3.0.1.exe.part" which
is 0 btyes in size even though I waited thru the download box for a minute
while it seemingly downloaded. I get the same result regardless of whether I
use Firefox (v3.0.1) or Internet Explorer (v7).

Using search in Windows Explorer (and search has taken a step backward IMO
in Vista) I could not find any of the other files I've tried to download
recently.


----- Original Message -----
From: "spear_1021" <>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: Can't download files!


> Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
> although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
> access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
> whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
> usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and
> I get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I
> have noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just
> keeps going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per
> second. (The best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).
>
> Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even
> possible to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate
> to try a back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)

Well I'm rather a novice at Vista, but in other versions of Windows, I'd
reboot into a Command Prompt of some sort and delete the Temporary Internet
Files folder. It gets rebuilt automatically. Because it certainly sounds
like it's misbehaving.

Just out of curiosity, how large is your TIF folder set to?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"spear_1021" <> wrote in message
news:C88D9033-D833-4D37-9236-...
>I cleared out all the tempoary files using Disk CleanUp and then tried to
>re-download the installation files for Firefox. At 7 MB it seems like a
>decent candidate, not to small and not too big. I tried to download it the
>desktop and I got a file with the name "Firefox Setup 3.0.1.exe.part" which
>is 0 btyes in size even though I waited thru the download box for a minute
>while it seemingly downloaded. I get the same result regardless of whether
>I use Firefox (v3.0.1) or Internet Explorer (v7).
>
> Using search in Windows Explorer (and search has taken a step backward IMO
> in Vista) I could not find any of the other files I've tried to download
> recently.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "spear_1021" <>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:38 PM
> Subject: Can't download files!
>
>
>> Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
>> although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
>> access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
>> whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
>> usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and
>> I get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I
>> have noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just
>> keeps going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per
>> second. (The best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).
>>
>> Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even
>> possible to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate
>> to try a back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)
>

Check and see in IE\Properties\Security and under File Download if it is set to Disable

--
Peter

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"spear_1021" <> wrote in message news:C88D9033-D833-4D37-9236-...
>I cleared out all the tempoary files using Disk CleanUp and then tried to
> re-download the installation files for Firefox. At 7 MB it seems like a
> decent candidate, not to small and not too big. I tried to download it the
> desktop and I got a file with the name "Firefox Setup 3.0.1.exe.part" which
> is 0 btyes in size even though I waited thru the download box for a minute
> while it seemingly downloaded. I get the same result regardless of whether I
> use Firefox (v3.0.1) or Internet Explorer (v7).
>
> Using search in Windows Explorer (and search has taken a step backward IMO
> in Vista) I could not find any of the other files I've tried to download
> recently.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "spear_1021" <>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:38 PM
> Subject: Can't download files!
>
>
>> Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
>> although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
>> access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
>> whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
>> usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and
>> I get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I
>> have noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just
>> keeps going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per
>> second. (The best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).
>>
>> Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even
>> possible to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate
>> to try a back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)
>

A suggestion in using Search.
Sometimes you have to go deeper into the C: folders and use the advanced
search features such as search non-indexed files, hidden and system files.
--
oscar

....Right click is your best friend...


"spear_1021" wrote:

> I cleared out all the tempoary files using Disk CleanUp and then tried to
> re-download the installation files for Firefox. At 7 MB it seems like a
> decent candidate, not to small and not too big. I tried to download it the
> desktop and I got a file with the name "Firefox Setup 3.0.1.exe.part" which
> is 0 btyes in size even though I waited thru the download box for a minute
> while it seemingly downloaded. I get the same result regardless of whether I
> use Firefox (v3.0.1) or Internet Explorer (v7).
>
> Using search in Windows Explorer (and search has taken a step backward IMO
> in Vista) I could not find any of the other files I've tried to download
> recently.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "spear_1021" <>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:38 PM
> Subject: Can't download files!
>
>
> > Help! I can't download anything. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium
> > although my broadband connection seems fine nothing will download. I can
> > access my e-mail, messenger, the internet in general thru my browser, but
> > whenever I try to download a program from a website, although I get the
> > usual dialog boxes asking me whether I want to open or save the file, and
> > I get the usual download progress box, the file never arrives. Although I
> > have noted that when I try to download a file, the download speed just
> > keeps going up and up till I'm hitting around 7-8 mega-whatever per
> > second. (The best I used to get was 1.5 on a good day).
> >
> > Any idea on what I should check, re-install, un-install, is it even
> > possible to re-install the Vista files while Vista is running. (I'd hate
> > to try a back up onto DVDs if I had to reformat the drive!)
>
>