why cant i download anything?

[bill]

avg,itunes,azureus?????????????? gets to 3 or 4 % and stops????

really getting on my tits now!

anybody help me here?

cheers

 

[Final Maxim]

what isp you using?

using a router?

wireless?

 

[bill]

what isp you using?

using a router?

wireless?

isp? internet explorer-that the right answer? windows vista lol


yeah got a wireless belkin router

 

[ViolentJ]

ISP = Internet Service Provider which is the company that provides your internet access such as Pipex, Virgin, AOL, etc.

 

[Greeny.]

isp = internet service provider

 

[bill]

oh right, virgin lol, but i've just googled "cant download anything" and it seems it a problem a few people have had, here one possible solution below, BUT TO START WITH I GET STUCK AT 1) COMPUTER NUMPTY!!!

HOW DO I GET INTO MY NAME LOCAL SETTINGS? DONT LAUGH!!! HA HA

Originally Posted by onetime:
This could simply be a browser cache problem. The solution could actually be very easy. I hope this post would help many people.

1) Just go to

C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\Local Settings

(note: Local Settings could be a hidden file which you need to be able to view first)

Then uncheck read-only under property for
"Temporary Internet Files" and "Temp", thus changing all the subfolders and files properties.

2) Then go to Tools->Internet Options->temporary internet files -> settings
to set a reasonable amount - say 300MB of space for temporary internet files folder.

 

[Final Maxim]

run this http://www.speedtest.net/

post your score

 

[Greeny.]

Ive heard a few storys that Virgin are cutting users bandwidth but that shouldnt stop your downloads! As far as I know they dont throttle your p2p traffic like many ADSL ISP's do so it does seem strange.

 

[bill]

run this http://www.speedtest.net/

post your score

ok, done test and the resukts are

1962kbps download speed and 121 kbps upload speed, doesn't really mean anything to me though?

does this help?

 

[bill]

after googling it, i think i've got some kind of virus or something, what a t**t!

 

[will.clio]

might be a problem with virgin, i tried to watch some football highlights on their website earlier and they would load about 7% and then stop...