Re: Cannot download files from any site

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From: jabski (jabski_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:19:04 -0800

Index.dat was not 'read only', but I had 2 Temporary Internet Files
folders??? When I deleted the duplicate (contained content files but not
cookies) then download functionality was restored. However my Index.dat is
over 2.5 MB after I "deleted files" thru the IE Tools panel, leaving only
cookies in the folder. This seems excessive and I seem to be experiencing
slow loading of pages.

If I delete the Index.dat will IE rebuild it? Will I lose my cookies?

"Al" wrote:

> 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'
>
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