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    Can't download attachments from emails.
    « on: November 02, 2008, 09:20:57 AM »
    Have Gateway 3.0Ghz with 2.25 GB Mem-- XP with SP3-- IE 8 and Firefox
    Have XL reader and Adobe 9
    Receive xls and pdf filed and try to download and it will run but the file does not show up. Can download a video,but only the audio portion.
    Have checked the emails to see if they are blocking,are not. Even tried system restore to two months ago before downloading IE8 and SP3 and still no help. Tried to run in IE8 and Fire as welll as AOL and still can't download. Outlook express did download the PDF but not xls or the video
    Any ideas?
    Thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnks   

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    Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
    « Reply #1 on: November 02, 2008, 09:49:38 AM »
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    try to download and it will run but the file does not show up
    ??
    Why do you have IE8 installed? It's still in beta. Is it your main computer?

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      Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
      « Reply #2 on: November 02, 2008, 10:09:30 AM »
      Main computer
      Have IE8 to see if it worked any better than 7. Use Firefox for everything with access allowed IE8'
      Thanks

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      Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
      « Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 10:12:07 AM »
      Beta programs shouldn't be installed on main machine, or problems may arise.
      You didn't answer my other question. The explanation of your problem is very unclear to me.

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        Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
        « Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 10:25:59 AM »
        Am deleting IE8.
        I receive an email with an attachment such as pdf. I click to download the attachment, it runs but the attachment never shows up. I check in downloads etc and there is nothing. When I download a video it will play on all the players I have, but only the audio plays not the video.

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        Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
        « Reply #5 on: November 02, 2008, 10:37:57 AM »
        What email program is it?
        What players do you use to play videos? Where are you getting those videos from?

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          Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
          « Reply #6 on: November 02, 2008, 11:00:20 AM »
          I have excite.com, hot mail.com,yahoo.com and outlook express.
          I use Windows media, winamp,real player and i tunes
          The videos I get are from friends. I can go to youtube and the video works on it but its just when I get an attachment it doesn't play video just sound. I have tried all the players.

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          Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
          « Reply #7 on: November 02, 2008, 11:03:15 AM »
          Little bit confusing. How can you play any video attachment, since you're saying, you can't save any attachment?

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            Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
            « Reply #8 on: November 02, 2008, 11:08:42 AM »
            I can download the video attachment, but it won't play video,just the audio portion. I cannot download .xls,.pdf or similar formats

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            Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
            « Reply #9 on: November 02, 2008, 11:13:47 AM »
            Try VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ for videos.

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              Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
              « Reply #10 on: November 02, 2008, 12:21:01 PM »
              Downloaded and I still only get sound.

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              Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
              « Reply #11 on: November 02, 2008, 12:24:50 PM »
              Go Start>Run ("Start Search" in Vista), type in:
              sfc /scannow
              Click OK (hit Enter in Vista).
              Have Windows CD/DVD handy.
              If System File Checker (sfc) will find any errors, it'll ask you for the CD.
              If sfc won't find any errors in Windows XP, it'll simply quit, without any message.
              In Vista you will receive the following message: "Windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations".

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                Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
                « Reply #12 on: November 02, 2008, 12:38:55 PM »
                Its asking for a windows xp professional CD,but I only have the XP Home and the OS that came with the computer, Media 2004

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                  Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
                  « Reply #13 on: November 02, 2008, 12:40:45 PM »
                  Just received a JPG file and clicked to open and it stated download file I clicked yes and it disappeared.

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                  Re: Can't download attachments from emails.
                  « Reply #14 on: November 02, 2008, 12:50:31 PM »
                  How did you installed Pro on your computer, then?