Download problem

Hi,

I'm running Vista Home Premium on a Vaio FZ490. Suddenly, I started having
problems downloading files from the Internet, on a dialup connection. No
file will download, including Norton updates, except for Windows updates. No
virus, I did a complete scan, and then scanned with new software to
doublecheck. No spyware or anything else found.

My guess is that a setting got changed somewhere that's messing me up. At
least partly because I can still download Windows updates....

I've tried about everything that I can think of, so any help would be
appreciated.



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Fr J Mahoney

"Fr J Mahoney" <jmahoney@copper.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm running Vista Home Premium on a Vaio FZ490. Suddenly, I started having
>problems downloading files from the Internet, on a dialup connection. No
>file will download, including Norton updates, except for Windows updates. No
>virus, I did a complete scan, and then scanned with new software to
>doublecheck. No spyware or anything else found.
>
>My guess is that a setting got changed somewhere that's messing me up. At
>least partly because I can still download Windows updates....
>
>I've tried about everything that I can think of, so any help would be
>appreciated.

Have you tried doing a System Restore to a time before this started?

Click the start orb... All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System
Restore

Pin that to your start menu so it will be easier to find next time.

Louie

Fr J Mahoney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Vista Home Premium on a Vaio FZ490. Suddenly, I started
> having problems downloading files from the Internet, on a dialup
> connection. No file will download, including Norton updates, except for
> Windows updates. No virus, I did a complete scan, and then scanned with
> new software to doublecheck. No spyware or anything else found.
>
> My guess is that a setting got changed somewhere that's messing me up.
> At least partly because I can still download Windows updates....
>
> I've tried about everything that I can think of, so any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>
So what error message do you get when the download fails?

Have you tried disabling the firewall for a test download?

What's dialup?? <smile>

Frenchy