Re: Can't download SP2 to save........


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ot925TknFHA.3408@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote: 
Thanks.  Yes, that's what I did.  I tried 3 times now and each
time it trailed off to nothing.  :-(
I had hoped I could just download it, burn it to a CD and save it.
===== SNIP!

Shenan Stanley wrote: 
Where are you downloading it from?

Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

Order the Free Windows XP SP2 CD
http://snipurl.com/8umo


So it is not Microsoft but your provider or some hop between yourself
and Microsoft could be having trouble.

What does a TRACERT to download.microsoft.com give you?
 I never got anything above 107ms and it was only 8 hops.


~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote: 
I can't get to Sp2 downloads page again to give you the URL.  Now
I keep getting a page that says "Try Microsoft Update Today" when I
search for the Sp2 download.

(as for the Ordering of a CD..) That's what I just did.
However I had time tonight to download
and burn it to a CD rather than wait 4 to 6 weeks for it to arrive. I did finally order it from MS - a few minutes ago. Now I can't even
find/get to the download page.

Using IE6. No (accellerators) because my Satellite (Direcway) is so fast.
None are needed.

It started at about 100KB/sec which rapidly dropped off to 40 or
less,... then it stops altogether.

This is possible.  However, now I can't get to a Sp2 download
page........ I keep getting routed back to the "Try Microsoft Update
Today" when I search for the Sp2 download.

What is a TRACERT?
107ms?  8 hops?

You realize I gave you the direct link to the download for SP2 above, right?
http://snipurl.com/8bqy

If it started at 100KB, that's "marginally fast", but good enough I guess.
heh

TRACERT..
You could have found this information on your own machine and/or using a
GOOGLE search.

Start button --> Help and Support --> search for:
TRACERT

(It is shortened version of "Trace Route", or tracing the route you go
through to get to a site from your computer. It tells you how long it takes
to get from each hop to the next - since you "hop" from your computer to the
first router, from the first router to the next and so on until you reach
your destination.)

To trace a path by using the tracert command
- Open Command Prompt, and type the following:
 tracert host_name
(replace host_name appropriately.)

Or, type tracert ip_address
(replace ip_address appropriately)

where host_name or ip_address is the host name or IP address, respectively,
of the remote computer.

For example, to trace a connection route from this computer to
www.microsoft.com, type the following at a command prompt:
tracert www.microsoft.com

If you do not want the tracert command to resolve and display the names of
all routers in the path, use the -d parameter. This expedites the display of
the path. For example, to trace a path from this computer to
www.microsoft.com without displaying the router names, type the following at
a command prompt:

tracert -d www.microsoft.com

## None of it would make any sense to me anyway. I can't cause fewer hops or a faster download.

* Notes

- To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
- The tracert command traces the path by sending Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request and Echo Reply messages (similar to the ping
command) to produce command-line report output about each router that is
crossed and the roundtrip time (RTT) for each hop. Packet filtering policies
on routers, firewalls, or other types of security gateways might prevent the
forwarding of this traffic.
- If tracert is unsuccessful, you can use the command output to help
determine at which intermediate router forwarding failed or was slowed.

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )


## I know what Google is.  :-)

Essentially, my tracert showed "download.microsoft.com" to be only 8 hops
aways, with the largest delay from one router to the next of 107
milliseconds(ms).

## Sorry, but how can this kind of information help me when I can't download something from the MS website? I'm not a technician and it means nothing to me. I can't bypass hops or shorten the milliseconds. I ordered the CD. I'll just have to wait for it to arrive in the mail.

FS~

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Shenan Stanley
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