Restarting downloads

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Bob Havens

I am using Win. XP Home. When I am downloading big files off the
internet the download frequently stops even though I am still connected
to the internet. Is there any way to force the download to resume from
where it halted without starting it over again?
 
Bob said:
I am using Win. XP Home. When I am downloading big files off the
internet the download frequently stops even though I am still
connected to the internet. Is there any way to force the download to
resume from where it halted without starting it over again?
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Bob

You can only resume a download with Internet Explorer if the following
conditions are true.
*If* you reconnect to the download site while the partial load is still in
the cache, *if* the downloading server supports resume, and *if* the server
is not one of many (ie part of a server farm) then just clicking on the link
should allow the download to resume.

There are third party products that manage downloads and can force resuming
of a download. Go to some of the popular software download websites to find
these.

http://www.download.com
http://www.tucows.com



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Ronnie Vernon
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Windows Shell/User

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