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squeezer
My friend bought an eMachine about a month ago, 160G HD, preloaded with
Vista Home, upgraded to 1 Gig RAM. He uses dial-up MSN ISP account. MSN
was supposed to send him a setup disk (which he's still waiting for,
almost 4 weeks later) so I DL'ed the installation info from their
website on my PC and burned it to a disk for him. We dialed into his
ISP and started the installation file. THREE and a half HOURS later, it
was only about 3/4ths complete, and the server disconnected him. The ISP
indicated the DL would only take 27 minutes. So, he's still waiting to
get hooked up, even now, as it seems no matter what he tries the DL will
not fully complete.
Is the problem with VISTA, or is it with MSN's ISP? Are there some
switches within VISTA that's causing the problem or is the MSN ISP so
overloaded with traffic that he's timing out while DL'ing? Would
appreciate any (gentle) guidance advice that might help.
TIA -- squeezer
Vista Home, upgraded to 1 Gig RAM. He uses dial-up MSN ISP account. MSN
was supposed to send him a setup disk (which he's still waiting for,
almost 4 weeks later) so I DL'ed the installation info from their
website on my PC and burned it to a disk for him. We dialed into his
ISP and started the installation file. THREE and a half HOURS later, it
was only about 3/4ths complete, and the server disconnected him. The ISP
indicated the DL would only take 27 minutes. So, he's still waiting to
get hooked up, even now, as it seems no matter what he tries the DL will
not fully complete.
Is the problem with VISTA, or is it with MSN's ISP? Are there some
switches within VISTA that's causing the problem or is the MSN ISP so
overloaded with traffic that he's timing out while DL'ing? Would
appreciate any (gentle) guidance advice that might help.
TIA -- squeezer