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I´ve HAD IT!!! I´m really pissed now!!! (Read 2154 times)
Aug 15th, 2006 at 2:45pm

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Okay, I have downloaded the f*#@#$ file 5 f*#@#$ times now. (yeah, that would be about 3 GB downloaded). And EVERY F*#@#$ time it says the f*#@#$ file is corrupt!

I tried with a download manager, withOUT a download manager, with a segmented download, withOUT a segmented download an nothing...

I tried from different download sites (Microsoft, file planet, file front and game sheller) and got the same friggin result. WTF? ? ? ? ? ? ?

I tried a zip recovery utility, and it says "incompatible file" (or some crap like that)

Any ideas what might be the problem?. I´m running on WIN XP64. Tried reverting to XP (i have it installed on the same PC) and nothing...

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent my frustration... feeling a bit less pissed of now...  Sad
 
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Reply #1 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 2:56pm

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Calmate Un Poco! Tomas las cosas con calma francsal quizas la plataforma en tu sector tiene problemas,I understand your anger,perhaps you got a troyan in your pc that wont allow to work properly your sys,calm down I recomend you francsal to take a rest an leave your pc for a couple hours ,Now Im connected all the time ,I just got my conection Im at home ,If you want we can have your issue in spanis but by IM ,I want to help you buddy!

 
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Reply #2 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 3:36pm

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Youre not the only one franscal, I've just blown them out.

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Reply #3 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 3:46pm

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Are you sure your internet connection isn't falling out? and then finishing the download with a bad file.
 
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Reply #4 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 5:28pm

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A mate of mine phoned this evening, who is an I.T. geek.

He said it might sound stupid but you should eliminate anyway:: "turn off any anti-virus apps because these will be running through the downloaded file, possibly even as you are downloading it. It could be that during the check something is either getting corrupted or simply trashed altogether."

You may not have anti-virus, but if so please eliminate the possibility.

In any event, he says the corruption message IS genuine, the error message itself is NOT a bug. The download really is corrupted.

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Reply #5 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 5:53pm

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x_jasper:

I downloaded once, and didn't even turn off my antivirus program (MacAffee).  Install went on without a hitch.

My FS-X problems are graphics related, the result of an old(er) ATI Radeon 9000 /64Meg card, with the latest ATI drivers.

 
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Reply #6 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 5:59pm

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Same here felix,

one download-- nothing corrupted.

Anti-virus progs either break things or they don't. This is why some installations tell you to disable.

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Reply #7 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 6:23pm

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STOP!!!--------- Shocked

My two lads each just downloaded the demo, one has Mcaffee, the other an older Norton.

The Norton screwed it !!  Mcaffee went ok.

Apparantly either could mess it up, but it does show these progs can cause problems.


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Reply #8 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 6:39pm

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STOP!!!--------- Shocked

My two lads each just downloaded the demo, one has Mcaffee, the other an older Norton.

The Norton screwed it !!  Mcaffee went ok.

Apparantly either could mess it up, but it does show these progs can cause problems.


Jasper



That's funny, I have "Internet Security" from Norton and there were no problems at all when I downloaded and installed the demo. Grin

This is what have:

1. Internet Security 2003 with Firewall [I know, it's old, but the updates are good]

2. Zone Labs' Zone Alarm

So basically, I have two seperate firewalls and the download went without a hitch through both of them. I'm not saying that you're wrong. I'm just pointing out the fact that I am amongst the lucky few. Grin
 
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Reply #9 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 6:41pm

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Bit of a lucky draw lol

Personally I don't use anti-virus, I don't like the drop in performance.

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Reply #10 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 6:41pm

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So basically, I have two seperate firewalls and the download went without a hitch through both of them. I'm not saying that you're wrong. I'm just pointing out the fact that I am amongst the lucky few. Grin

I think it's anti-virus software that causes the problem.
 
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Reply #11 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 6:46pm

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Sure is Hagar Wink
 
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Reply #12 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 9:05pm

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Sure is Hagar Wink


You're right, it's Hagar's cosmic presence causing all these disturbances!

 
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Reply #13 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 9:30pm
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Is it really a good idea to run a comp w/o anti-virus?
 
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Reply #14 - Aug 15th, 2006 at 9:37pm

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Yes, as long as you have at least one firewall running for protection while you are connected to the internet.
 
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