Downloads always end prematurely on one PC

[Ian R]

Hi

My desktop PC is running XP Pro SP2. Its wired via Ethernet to my ADSL
router.

I can browse web pages and send/receive email without a problem but I've
been having trouble downloading large files on it.

Just one example, I had to download a 500mb .iso file. It estimated approx
50 minutes to download. After several minutes the progress bar jumps to the
end. I look in the folder it was saved to and as expected its a fraction of
the expected size. On the rare occasion when it takes the expected amount of
time and says its downloaded the full file (e.g 532Mb of 532Mb) the actual
file is much smaller and therefore corrupted.

This kind of thing happens repeatedly. You could suppose the trouble is
from the server I'm downloading from. But it doesn't matter if I'm
downloading drivers or .iso files from different manufacturers web sites
the end result is always the same.

If I use my laptop to download the files (via Ethernet from the same router)
they download without a problem first time - every time.

So I'm using the same internet connection, downloading the same file, from
the same location and trying it within seconds of the download on the first
PC failing.

So this is consistent and repeatable.

Any ideas what might cause my PC to have this sort of trouble?

Thanks for any info.

Ian

 

[R. McCarty]

Even though you designate a destination folder for downloads, most
of them queue up through the browsers cache folder or either temp
folder ( User or System ). If you haven't checked/cleaned up those
locations it might help resolve the problem. You can do this manually
of with the Disk Cleanup utility.