download issues

Hello, recently I got some problem with my win7. Yesterday I downloaded 2 MKV files and I can't click/right-click on them as it shows error message "Windows explorer has stopped working", then I've been given 2 options : Check for solution or Restart the program. And it lags so much when the...

Hi! Ever since a botched encryption which resulted in me having to format a drive (not the main c drive), everything I download gives this message when I try to open it - "ShellExecuteEx failed; code 2. The system cannot find the file specified." I've tried changing the download location to...

Please note that I am out of my league on this and I know it so keep it simple for me if you can help please. I have downloaded a program from a manufacturer and it works fine when I copied it (which is OK with the manufacturer) to another computer with XP. On this computer which is Win7 when...

I'm Furious as to why Game company's like EA and Activision are allowed to release Game patches that are 2.5GB every month and force us to download them. I dunno why this BFBC2 patch is huuuuge when it contains half a dozen patches. It doesn't help with Australia having the rubishest internet in...

Hey there everyone, Sorry if its long winded I have just run out of ideas... Ok, so this particular CRC error has occured when I have dowloaded a patch for a game I play. After the patch had finished I used RAR to extract the patches self installer (.exe) During the extraction, it threw...

everytime i try downloading using vuze i get a bsod, this is the code: BCCode: a BCP1: 0000000000000008 BCP2: 0000000000000002 BCP3: 0000000000000000 BCP4: FFFFF800031DF33E OS Version: 6_1_7600 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 256_1 anyone know why this is happening?

My desktop folders used to have customised icons but the folders are now being run off the server not my actual computer. I can't get the icons to change back to my customised ones. I have tried going into properties > customise > choose file and it's not working. The icon doesnt show up. One of...

Hi all, I installed Windows 7 Home Premium today (fresh install on formatted hard disk) and am downloading some programs I used previously with Vista. I'm getting a hell of a lot of corrupted downloads though - Adobe Reader gives a checksum error when I try to extract it, Toontrack EZDrummer...

Has anybody installed Disc stakka on 7 yet? I put in the disc to start the download , then I get an erro window comes up "OpdiTracker installation dose not support the language of your edition of Microsoft windows. (oxoooooo6f)" Any ideas? thanks funnnyfarm

Hi, i bought a brand new samsung laptop with Windows 7 on it yesterday but Filezilla has crashed it twice forcing me to switch it off by the power button. It froze it completely. The first time was as it tried to start the very first download and the second was about 15 minutes after. Is...

Hi. If I try to download/open a .zip file, there comes a pop-up with the text 'Windows found that this file is potentially harmful.' So what may be the problem? I'm using Windows 7 Professional. I have tried many things, such as Registry-editing, download some programs (don't know anymore...

Hi All, I have a new sony vaio with Window 7 (64 bit). I have been trying to install itunes, firefox, evernote, as well as some other programs and I am unable to. I have tried doing this in safe mode with networking. I have had files transferred to me rather than downloading from websites...

A while ago, i deleted jre6 and everything that involved java started becoming screwy even after reinstalling. So i decided to do a system restore point. The first one i tried, which was about 1 day ago from that day, failed and said that my firewall was the likely cause. I stopped this and...

I tried to download live mail alone and ended up with that plus messenger and the entire live essentials suite. Messenger is a real pest-I hate it and it won't leave me alone. Cannot uninstall the crap I don't want without also uninstalling mail. Will this lose my email settings, contacts, and...

So I know there's many "solutions" but I got my student DL through Digital River, cannot unpack without the "read only" error and even with help here cannot make an iso. so, I have a product key, can't someone fileshare me their iso? Digital River won't budge and I want to install 7 like...

Windows update shows that "Update for windows 7 for x64-based systems KB974332" is available for installation. When I check to install that update, everything remains at 0%, so I need to shut down update aplication through task manager. I try to download that update from Microsoft site and...

Gents Things going along smoothly with the upgrade and Realtek even have a update on their site for win 7 but..... when i click on the links i get nothing.Could someone try it out for me and tell me if the download works for them..They have 3 or 4 sites to click on and none seem to work for...

So, everything's working fine as long as I don't download anything. As soon as I start a download, no matter at which speed, my whole internet starts to slow down terribad. For example latency in games increases like hell, almost to unplayability. Websites are loading incredibly slow and so...

Please help-desperate. Im runnig Windows Vista home Premium. My computer continuously restarts itself by taking me to a blue screen that says that windows is shutting down to avoid damaging my computer. For the past 5 months i have been running avg 0.8 virus protection but just recently it has...

Hey all. I am having a minor (But very annoying) issue with Windows 7. Everytime I download anything using a browser (Doesnt matter if its Firefox, explorer or Shiretoko) the download goes as normal, then when it finishes, it just disappears. Doersnt matter where I save it to, what im...