Re: Cannot download files from any site

From: Al (none_at_no.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:25:49 GMT

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:21:03 -0800, jabski <jabski@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Can't do an HTTP file or .PDF download from any web site

just a thought:

have you verified whether or not a TCP connection is made? I think that'd give
a clue as to where suspicion should be directed

if we assume that the error msg is not necessarily the truth (e.g., the
programmers used a generic response: "The requested
site is either unavailable or cannot be found"), then maybe a different
problem lies at the source than what it's saying. For example, if the browser
can't cache, so it won't download. Check any index.dat (for cookies or cache)
to make sure they're not marked as 'read only'