E
Elliot
Since one day, every time I download a file, I have to wait for a long long
time after it reached 99%.
What causes it?
time after it reached 99%.
What causes it?
F
fred letano
another free download manager is www.freedownloadmanager.org
this one also downloads youtube and google videos
this one also downloads youtube and google videos
R
Richard G. Harper
It could be any number of things - antivirus scanning the file, a slow copy
from the temporary location to the specified download location, and so on.
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from the temporary location to the specified download location, and so on.
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DanS
Why should they be using a d/l helper ? That should be unecessary.
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Saucy
Elliot said:
It downloads to a temp location .. then the whole thing is copied over to
the target location you specified at first.
Saucy
D
DanS
Why should they be using a d/l helper ? That shouldn't (<---) be
unecessary.
unecessary.
D
DanS
Geez.....coffee hasn't kicked in yet.
D
DanS
Maybe, when I was on dial-up in the last millenium. But off-hand, I can't
remember any specific time. Back then it wasn't important enough to me to
use a d/l manager anyway.
FireFox has it's own built-in d/l manager which renders any other third-
party tool unnecessary.
Most FTP clients support a 'Resume' function, if the server honors it,
you just pick up right where you left off.
I didn't say it was flawless....I was responding to your statement...'You
really should be using a download helper like GetRight or FlashGet.'
I questioned why 'should' they.
What the OP SHOULD do, is find out exactly what is happening when the d/l
reaches 99%.
Is it _really_ at 99%, or is there a mis-calculation of the filesize/time
remaining/bytes d/l'd.
(Naw, it _COULDN'T_ be that how could MS have problems calculating
transfers times ?)
Saucy offered a valid explanation, if the d/l is larger files. Small
files shouldn't matter, unless of course the d/l destination is a network
drive, and we all know of the possible issues with Vista and network
tranfers.
Using some kind of d/l meter, when the d/l gets to 99% and appears to be
stalled, does the meter still show data being d/l'd ? That surely would
indicate a calculation problem.
Or, as the d/l is coming down, you'd see blips on the HD LED as the data
was coming. Then at the 99% mark, does the HD LED go virtually solid ?
Good indication of d/l'g to a temp location, then copying over.
Maybe it's something a d/l manager can or can not change. If it's the
latter, the temp location thing, can you tell IE7 to NOT use a temporary
location and just d/l directly to the destination ?
If so, problem solved. No need to install _another_ third-party app just
to make Windows behave properly, or should I say, as expected.
E
Elliot
Thanks for all of your ideas.
I do not want to install 3rd software and the way of clearing temp foler
does not work.
I find that even I download a file of 2MB, I have to wait at most 5 minutes
to let the download to be completed after it reached 99%. But, I find the
whole file is already appeared on the specific location.
I do not want to install 3rd software and the way of clearing temp foler
does not work.
I find that even I download a file of 2MB, I have to wait at most 5 minutes
to let the download to be completed after it reached 99%. But, I find the
whole file is already appeared on the specific location.
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Saucy
Elliot said:
Can you just run Disk CLeanup once in a while?
Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup
Saucy
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Danny $hithead
DanS said:
<Weak! DannyDung, it is weak do better so that I think you are a challenge.>
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DanS
What is weak ? Me correcting myself ?
I do not wish to challenge you.
But, if you insist, I challenge you to write a post that 1) has intelligent
content (doesn't matter if it's technical, philosophical, about cars,
politics,....anything) in which you actually make a point, about anything,
2) DO SO WITHOUT USING ANY FOUL LANGUAGE, and 3) show some type of witty
cleverness in your put-downs that sound like they came from a person of
intelligence rather than a third-grader that just realized that when
they're on the internet, they can swear and call people names and not get
in trouble.
You know, something along the lines of......
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I see that your in the Cincinatti area....(on _dial-up_ none the less)....
which is the same timezone as me. I see your first post today comes in on
my end at 12:12 PM.
That's about right, as all of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons are
over by noon and mommy doesn't let you use the PC until at least noon
anyway.
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See, that wasn't difficult was it ?
A lot better than this paste from another thread....
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You -
And then finally, your last reply-
<DannyDung,I don't care whether you're gay, 8 to 80 sick, blind or
crazy. You are all of that and you're stupid too. I see you posting
like you're some kind of a hen in a hen house. You're no roster that's
for sure, DannyDung. You got $shit for brains for even replying. And
that was a F- again you got to do better. You're on the radar DannyDung.>
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See how I snipped your post after you said you were interested in me ? And
then replied saying I was not gay ? That did exactly what it was supposed
to do. Enrage you. And it seems I did.
That is clever replying. I have no need to call you all sorts of names and
use foul language to make you look foolish.
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So go ahead, reply to my posts in your standard fashion, I may ignore them,
or not, but when all is said an done, what does it matter.
I, for one, do not define myself by how much BS I can spew in an Internet
newsgroup. I live in the real world, with a full-time job, a family, and
friends, not by some flowing electrons and a bunch of 1's and 0's. Maybe
some day after you graduate highschool and get out in the real world, you
will have those things too. But here you have defined yourself very well.
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Here's some words of wisdom to chew on.....
There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those that understand binary
and those that don't.
What kind are you ?
(NO HINT'S from anyone....plz.)
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Danny $hithead
<Snipped, it was all worthless comeback.>
<DannyDung, you don't know how to play the game, but I am going to teach
you DannyDung. I am sure Albright thanks you.>
<DannyDung, you don't know how to play the game, but I am going to teach
you DannyDung. I am sure Albright thanks you.>
E
Elliot
Yes, I do it almost 3 times a week.
Saucy said:
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DanS
No, snipped because it was all true and you have no counterpoint.
There is nothing I can learn from you. I am _far_ above you in self-
respect and class, as are most people in this world.
You can find some other person that is willing to embarass themselves and
engage you in worthless name calling making them both look like fools.
I prefer an intelligent debate/discussion about a subject....any subject,
it doesn't matter.
Since you can't provide that, I am done with you. You are dead to me.
(Swoooooosh........) Do you hear that ?
In case you didn't, it was the sound of me flushing the toilet and
letting you go.
I must say, you were a persistant little floater and hung on as long as
you could, but eventually, all human waste like you goes down. Even if it
requires a second flush.
(DanS sprays a little air freshener......(pffffft))
Man, I don't know If I've _ever_ smelled such a horrible putrid stench as
that last floater.
Anyone have a match ?
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Saucy
Elliot said:
Does it delete those files?
Saucy
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DanS
I've had that saying in my work e-mail sig for a long time.
I was really suprised to find how many of the people I deal with through
the course of a business day tell me that they read it and re-read it
several times and that it took a while to sink in.
These are EE's and technical type people to boot.
D
Danny $hithead
DanS said:
<It's not about the counterpoint stupid. It's about playing the game,
which you are willing to play it seems.>
<I didn't know you were a god there Dannyboy. You sound kind of like
Albright or one of the *clowns* in the Linux crowd.>
(You're into making sounds? Now that's sad on your part Dannyboy. That's
very weak here.>
<I didn't know you could do that over the Internet. That makes you some
kind of a fool to make you think there are sounds that you can make. But
wait, that's sounds to yourself you hear. Where are your pills?>
<I am the best there is at casting the line. You're one of the more
willing and self righteous fish, and that's what made me pay attention
to you.>
<You had better clean yourself from head to toe with one of the Clorox
Toilet Bowl wands. You can get a manly color like a blue handle one to
prove to yourself that you're not *gay* when you clean yourself.>
<What you smell is yourself on your thrown. I am sure they have hollered
at you and told you -- USE THE SPRAY DAMN YOU - USE THE SPRAY. YOU
SPRAY BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN! YOU REALLY STINK AND YOU ARE NASTY -- TAKE
SOME METAMUCIL WILL YOU!>
<I am not your man. Don't you smell yourself on your thrown? The smell
from you not being able to digest like you should is a sign of sickness.>
<How about your boy Albright you a$$ kissed the other day? Maybe
Albright will return the favor. But I doubt that even he will come to
your rescue Dannyboy oops that DannyDung in more ways than one. He's
not that stupid. He is close.
><Don't you run for help you sissy. Don't you just love it? ;-)>
M
mayayana
They're mostly crap and some have been spyware.
It's one thing if you need to download a Linux ISO
and have to be able to resume a broken link, but
that situation is rare. In general, download
helpers download the same file numerous times in
the course of their operation, wasting time for both
the server and the client. Even in cases where a file
is big enough to warrant multiple download connections
(the other big selling point of download helpers),
many servers don't allow that anyway, so the "helper"
ends up downloading numerous times serially rather
than concurrently. The only reason the problem doesn't
show up for the client is because most of the people using
download helpers are on high-speed, so they download
the same file several times in a second or two and don't
notice how inefficent the downlad helper has made their
download.
M
mayayana
I understand how they're *supposed* to work. But in
addition to the problem of blocked multiple concurrent
downloads on many servers, they're just plain poorly designed.
I'm basing that statement on reading actual web server logs.
I've seen a download helper download 36 MB worth of a 300
KB file, in hundreds of pieces! If the same program is blocked
with a 403 response from the server it will still make the
same hundreds of requests. (I suspect that particular program
is something called Download Commander, but I'm not certain.)
Most programs are not that bad, but all that I've
seen typically download more that they need to.
One program might download a 100 KB file in 6
parts that add up to 200 KB. Another might download
the same file 3 times as the full 100 KB. I see the
same problem on a daily basis.
As I said before, using some kind of specialized program
to download something like a CD ISO, is one thing. But I'm
still on dial-up and I don't find any need for special
software to download the typical 10KB - 2MB files that
I download.