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Solve : IE Downloads Never Finish!? |
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Answer» Everytime I go to download a video off of a Web site (any video type at all), the IE download box comes up and starts downloading. Downloads over 100MBs never finish. It always gets to about 40% to 50% complete and then the "estimated time left" and "transfer rate" just stops. The top picture with the internet icon transferring files to a folder is still moving but everything else just stops and never finishes. I can try to restart and download again but I get the same results everytime, sometimes it will stop working even sooner. and I have Norton AntiVirus but I [highlight]always disable it[/highlight] as well as Windows Firewall when I am about to download. .......... What version of Norton are you using? You should scan for Viruses and spyware. Reset security zones 1. Start 2. Settings 3. Control Panel 4. Internet Options 5. Security tab 6. Reset all 4 security zones to Default Reset cookie settings 1. Start 2. Settings 3. Control Panel 4. Internet Options 5. Privacy tab 6. Click Restore Default button Reset Internet Explorer advanced settings 1. Start 2. Settings 3. Control Panel 4. Internet Options 5. Advanced button 6. Click Restore Default button You may need to do the following as well Remove Cookies, temporary files (cache) and history 1. Start 2. Settings 3. Control Panel 4. Internet Options 5. General tab 6. Remove cookies, temporary files and history Kudos to the CH fella's for keeping it safe. THANK you for replying back and HELPING me out. I have standard Norton AntiVirus 2005. I tried everything you SAID but I'm still having trouble finishing the downloads . Is there any way to end the process of Norton AntiVirus? My OS is Windows XP. I unistalled Norton a while ago because it was disrupting so much stuff and I think it solved my problem. It won't let me exit out of Norton AntiVirus completely, only disable certain parts of it. I'd like to be able to end the whole process without unistalling the program from my computer and leaving myself unprotected. When I bring up the Windows Task Manager, Norton AntiVirus is under "processes" but I don't know which file name it could be. Anybody have any other ideas?Uninstall it completey and install AVG Free (Anti-virus) and Adaware SE (Anti-spyware) You can't really disable Norton, it always seems to keep bothering you.my simple solution, get firefox, much better than IE, tabbed browsing, scripting, and pausable downloads. I love it. Firefox is HERE! this is my easier solution, the others work as i had the same problem, firefox sorted it but on me other comp i stuck wit IE for a while, muckin bout with antiviruses works aswell but isn't as effectiveThanks for the help guys. I have Firefox as well as IE, and the problem seems to persist even using Firefox's download manager. I'll look into AVG and finally get around to unistalling Norton. Norton really can be a pain in the [smiley=lipsrsealed.gif]. [smiley=dankk2.gif]ahh ok, have you tried pausing the download when it stops, closing all Firefox windows, reopening and continuing? that could be a temporary solution, if not mabey reboot and continue, or pause and carry on another day?DLoad and run the tool below... Norton Removal Tool 1) Use Add Remove Programs first and un-install Norton... 2) From Windows Explorer search for any folders named Norton and Symantec and delete them... 3)DLoad and install ERUNT and have it make a backup of your registry... 4) Open regedit and type Norton in the search bar. Delete all entries it finds. F3 takes you to the next i instance of Norton. Continue til you have reached the end of the registry... 5)Repeat the above process using Symantec instead in the search field. Delete any Symantec keys it finds... 6)Now run the Norton Removal tool you DLoaded... 7)Empty the recycle bin... 8)Go to My Computer and right clik the C: drive and select Properties and run disk cleanup... 9)Re-boot and run disk defrag.... There you're done ! See how easy Symantec makes it for you to dump their product ? ? patio. 8-)...I'm back I did everything you guys said. I unistalled Norton, downloaded AVG, and I'm trying to download the videos off of Firefox instead of IE. The progress just seems to keep being interupted by something. I tried pausing it and closing everything else down then resuming it. It won't even start back up when I do though. Can anyone think of anything else that could be wrong? My internet connection is good. I don't seem to have any trouble with anything besides this.Does your ISP have a download limit? I would find that unlikely with broadband, but you have to cover all of the bases. Who is it? Have you checked with them about known issues?You might try opening Task Manager / start a download / watch TM to see what processes are operating and locate the excessive app Alan <>< It could be a tcp/ip keep alive issue. origin can be at the pc, router, dsl modem, or isp. I would start at my software firewall settings and move up the ladder from there. to modify the os registry settings for tcp/ip: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314053 look for the keepAlive settings: Make sure to backup the registry before starting this tweak (create system restore point). Sorry I didn't respond back to your suggestions in a few days; I've been out of town. Thanks for the advice, patio . I finally got ALL of Norton out off my computer, but, unfortunately the problem still exists. I don't think my ISP has a download limit. I have Comcast. I should've specified this earlier but I didn't think of it--I am only having trouble downloading large files out of IE. I can download anything as big as I want easy from torrents and other P2P programs. It's just downloads that have to come through IE (and Mozilla Firefox, for that matter). ale52, I only know what roughly half of the processes that are running on startup do. Could I list the processes running while I'm downloading and someone be able to tell me the likely culprit? Thanks again for the responses guys.Enable your firewall then try downloading. |
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