So I just got this brand new computer just a few days ago, right? So I managed to GET it all set up (albeit I have to sit on the floor) and I go to download a video that I like and yay! It works! So I started a few more downloads and then left so it could do it's thing and when I came back a few minutes later, they were all not downloading. They all looked as though they were, only the numbers weren't changing. So I cancelled them all and tried again. Same thing. They all got to various percentages then stopped. So I tried downloading only one thing and it did the same.

Small, short downloads work though. I downloaded firefox, vlc media player and some other small thing and they all finished fine. If you need the specs, tell me what you need because I'm no good at figuring out what can be helpful.

Can anyone help me? This is really really annoying! (I wanted to get MapleStory up and running SOON. )Need...more...info (gasp)  

You don't say if you're using a dial-up or high-speed connection / what your connection speed is / how big are the successful downloads are & the unsuccessful ones.

Alan <><  SEE, I said I didn't know what info to give. xD None of the info you just requested was on my mental list of info I ended up not giving. xD

So anyways, yeah. I have the AOL with Broadband (and beyond that I don't know the connection speed). The sucessful downloads are generally under 8 Mb (but I did have a 2.3Mb one stop on me. x.x But I think it may have been my fault...Man, I hope not. xD) The unsuccessful one's are usually up in the 100 Mb range. I believe I had a 60 Mb one stop along with a 163 Mb one.

Any better? Need any other info? x.x;Help please? =DOn some large downloads I have the same problem(s).  It can be the time of day / how many others (using AOL) on using the Internet at that time / other users in the house on the Internet when you are / the site you're trying to download from...etc.

Try downloading at another time (early in the morning or late at night) and see if that makes a difference.

Does anyone else you know use AOL w/Broadband?  If so, try downloading with their computer and see if you have the same issue.

BTW - AOL has a boatload of subscribers so that might also be part of the problem...that and the size of your downloads.

Alan <><  

Well the thing is, this is the same thing I've been using for 2 years now. I just unhooked the dsl box thingy from the old computer and put it on the new computer. I wonder, could it have anything to do with the fact that I'm using the Ethernet cable instead of the USB cable like I used to?

Besides, I don't use the AOL BROWSER for anything beside e-mail and IM. I use firefox for everything and I've never had a problem like this. And I was trying to download them around 11 PM (which is when I normally start downloading because it seems like everything goes faster then)

This is the only computer with internet currently. (The other one just sits there being on with all it's lights flashing at me. D; )
I thought it might be the size of the download, but like I said, I had a 2.3 Mb download stop too. It seems to do it a lot when I start clicking on stuff, so I tried not clicking stuff and it still did it, it just lasted a teensy bit longer.

Gah. This is frusterating. Bittorent works though. Yay....I want direct downloads back, though. >>;Still trying to solve this. =DOkay, I'm not sure why, but it seems to work fine now. o_O

All I did was finally move the computer off the floor and onto the desk and when I turned it back on, Norton finally ran all of its setup-ish stuff and now downloads work so...Yeah. o_OBit Torrent relies on seeders and other clients to share data, if your client does not see them, it can not download. Quote

Bit Torrent relies on seeders and other clients to share data, if your client does not see them, it can not download.

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Bit Torrent relies on seeders and other clients to share data, if your client does not see them, it can not download.

Where did that come from?

Have you been a bad, bad, boy!?  




lawl, if thats his problem he just shoulda put header as "help with illegal downloading". =p

Most people dont even know how to open ports and the likes for torrents. A good client though for people who just want to share videos and photos with friends (yea right) is bitcomet. It automatically sets up the ports and stuff.

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Bit Torrent relies on seeders and other clients to share data, if your client does not see them, it can not download.

Where did that come from?

Have you been a bad, bad, boy!?