Connection Times Out

[Smitty]

Whenever I try to download anything (by anything I mean a .exe or .zip file) it won't allow me to, it always brings me to a page that says "Problem: Connection Timed Out" Is there any remedy to this?

[dl65]

Smitty.....
What operating system are you using ?........
Are you behind a firewall? ..........
Are you able to D/l other item ok?..........
Are you on dial up or Hi speed ?........

let us know

dl65  

[Smitty]

I'm using windows xp

no firewall

I can look at pages fine, except for newgrounds, I don't know what you call what they use

I'm on a dial up connection

[dl65]

Smitty.....Are you able to unzip files ok ?
You cant d/l any prog that has an exe.file in it ?
What is newgrounds?
dl65  

[Smitty]

I am able to unzip things normally. If say, I'd click on a link to D/L an .exe file or a .zip file, it'll just bring me to an error page, and it states the problem as being "Connection Timed Out". And, newgrounds is a flash game/video site, www.newgrounds.com , which it will not download any of the flash thingys (please forgive that, i don't know the word to use there)

[dl65]

Smitty......Have you dowloaded all the Win XP updates from..... http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

If you havent ......this may well be the problem
let us know

dl65  

[dl65]

Smitty....have a read here and see if this applies to you .......
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q181/0/50.asp&NoWebContent=1

Does this problem only apply on that one site or other game sites as well?

let us know

dl65  

[Smitty]

tried windows update...... it said there was a problem and i can't scan for new updates. As for the gaming, no, it won't show any flashes, at all

[dl65]

Smitty .....can you be more specific.....exactly what was the wording of the error message when you click on scan for updates......on MicroSofts site
Do you have current updated anti virus software running on your machine ?

dl65  

[Smitty]

on windows update it reads

Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page.

Yes i do have current antivirus software

[dl65]

Smitty .....Do you have any of the windows updates installed either critical or otherwise .....
By any chance have you recently installed that version of windows on your machine ?   Is it Home or Pro ?


dl65  

[Smitty]

I've installed all updates, critical or not, up until about last week, when the trouble began. My Xp Home Version came installed with the computer, but I had to update to SP1 soon after I got it

[dl65]

Smitty ......how old is the computer and what make is it ?


dl65  

[dl65]

Smitty.....ok.....lets go back to when the trouble started....were you able to d/l zip files before that ?
Exactly what happened a week ago .....

dl65  

[merlin]

have you tried updating your modem drivers and look here to run some test on your system >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314067    and try connecting your modem straight to the main box..using extentions can fail sometimes and you could try a download manager like get right http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=463  this will help you if a connection fails...if after this you still have a problem come back it maybe ie6 issue..