Re: File download not saved to disk.

On Norton Internet Security, I would suggest you check all its settings & options. Especially anything related to downloads.

Bring up your Internet Explorer browser. From its main menu, select Help/About. If you have XP, you should have & see version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2
See what yours shows & post that back here.

As to your last question: No, do not jump into format, or any re-install. If you have a doubt about file integrity,
Run CHKDSK in XP Recovery Console:
Set pc BIOS to boot from CDROM. Place XP CD in drive. Reboot from the CD.
Select the first option R Repair/Recovery Console. Select your Windows
partition by number. Usually it is 1 . Login to XP with administrator
password. Then run CHKDSK /P from the command line. (In R console /P
replaces /F ).

Run it once (or repeat) until it shows no errors. Run CHKDSK for each drive on your system.
CHKDSK /P :X where X is letter for disk drive

References for Recovery Console:
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console - Article ID 314058
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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b00n wrote:
Thanks, Maurice.

Windows XP Home version 2002 (SP2) - Fully updated as far as I can
tell Internet Explorer 5 [I think] (I can't download 6 or the latest
version - whatever it is, due to the obvious problem)

Firewall: Norton Internet Security (Fully updated)
A/V: Microsoft Windows Defender (Fully updated)

I turned off my firewall settings, like you suggested, but it didn't
work. My A/V was turned off at the time too.

Only 1 account on my computer, which is administrator, with no
restrictions.

My firewall has a pop-up blocker enabled, and so does my internet
explorer. I don't think they're 3rd party, and they haven't caused
any problems that I can remember.

The only download manager I've had was the IGN one (for FileFront),
which I uninstalled a while ago. There are no downloaders in my
program list in control panel.

My HDD is a Maxtor S/ATA 200GB with about 75% free space. I have
31114mb of space reserved for Temporary Internet Files. Which was
previously at I think 2mb, but I changed it to max as you suggested.

All downloads via internet explorer are downloaded to my desktop. (I
have tried changing the location, but it's not the location that's
the problem.) My MSN files are usually stored in their received files
folder, and P2P files in my P2P folder.

I checked the passive FTP setting in my internet options, and it
wasn't ticked. I corrected this, and it still didn't work. I don't
know if it affects IE5 though.

Downloads are enabled in all zones, in the internet options: trusted,
etc. (I think it might have something to do with Active X - don't ask
me why, but those settings are confusing, and sometimes there are
random blocks/pop-ups about material on some sites.)

As for the pop-up blockers. I've tried them disabled and it didn't
work. My downloads were working until recently. I can't remember
changing anything. I downloaded more XP updates after reading your
reply, and now an Active control dialogue box pops up now on 2 sites
that I went on.

Urlmon.dll? --> I don't have IE6 & I don't know what is included in
any update/hotfix for windows XP that I have installed.

On a possibly relevant note, I scheduled a disk check on a restart.
It only reached task 4/5 and crashed (and defragmentation sometimes
fails, because of corrupt data). Maybe my file system is corrupted
and the downloads are just a sign of a bigger problem. Would it be
better to just format everything? This is really annoying. Hope this
information helps.


.

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