Strange error prevent loading new programs

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The Old Fart

I have been trying to load some free programs that can on a PC magazine
but can't because I keep getting this error message
"Setup.EXE' :HTTP 404 file not found"

What does this mean & how do I get past it?
 
I have been trying to load some free programs that can on a PC magazine
but can't because I keep getting this error message
"Setup.EXE' :HTTP 404 file not found"
What does this mean & how do I get past it?
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Are you connected to the internet?
 
The said:
I can connect to the Internet but don't usually do so when I'm trying to
install a new program.
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The HTTP ( look at the Address bar on your browser ) & 404 is telling
you, it wants to connect to the Internet, probably to download the
program. Tell me the programs you want to try & I may know of a better
free one.
 
The HTTP404 means the page requested can't be found. The page could be a web
page stored on a remote computer, as John says, but it could be a page stored
on your own computer, or on a discette or CD or whatever.

The poster says he's trying to install programs that came with a magazine so
I'd guess the page he is looking for is on the media that came with the
magazine, a CD or something. Those magazine CD's can have errors on them,
they are pushed out quickly and don't get a lot of QA.

Check the address of the the failed page, if you can see it. If it says
something like D:\directory\index.htm or something like that, and the drive
letter corresponds to the drive you have the magazine media in, then just
browse that CD/floppy with Windows Explorer and look for simlarly-named .htm
files in the directory (or similarly-named directories), and try opening them
with Internet Explorer. You should find the main page the setup.exe seems to
be looking for.
 
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