Hi all, hoping you can save my sanity.
Trying to run a piece of software downloaded from the internet. File name is: VBAR1-3.rar. Downloaded easy enough, but each time I try to open it I get two dialogue boxes opening.
Both are headed 'file download'.
The first says 'Getting File Information' and shows pieces of paper flying from a globe to a folder. However, nothing is being transferred.
Bar graph never moves and Estimated time left, Download to, and Transfer rate are blank.
The other asks: Do you want to Open or Save this file?
If I click 'open' both boxes disappear and the screen goes blank.
If I hit 'Save' it goes back to the 'downloads' folder, where there is a copy already.
You may notice I am no computer expert. My machine was running slowlly, so I took it to a local shop, who suggested wiping the hard drive and re-installing a new OS.
Didn't speed the computer up at all, but lost a large amount of vital data I had collected over the years. This is the first stage in getting my computer back to where it was. Lots of similar battles ahead I think.
Hope you can help.