- Joined
- Apr 21, 2001
- Location
- Augusta Twp, MI
I'm on my moms HP Pavilion PIII 800MHz. WinXP Pro, 384MB RAM, 64MB GF3 ti500, same exact connection to the Internet as mine (2.0Mb WOW Cable) through a router. Only exception is she does not have some ports opened for gaming, etc.... She has all the same router settings as my brothers PC, except his can download just fine.
The problem is she cannot download... If I go to firefoxes site and try to download their browser, it just sits there with the download dialog open, with no transfering of data or anything. This is through IE6.
So I tried to email her a copy of FireFox, to hopefully fix her problem. She uses Outlook Express just like me, and using the same wow email server as mine. I emailed her the file, and it downloaded and installed on her system flawlessly. I tried downloading firefox again on her computer via forefoxes browser (just as a test). Except it did the same thing as IE did. It just sits there with the downloading box open, but no transfering of data.
So why will both browsers let me access the Internet and view images on her computer..... but not allow me to actually download stuff (it will let me right click and save images, on both browsers though). PS: No it's not just firefox's site- this was one of millions of sites that don't let me do this. I also tried downloading java support for her computer through suns site and it didnt work either...
Any suggestions other than format and reinstall? Could it be a virus of some sort? This thing is running open with no antivirus support . I really need help, since this is my parents primary rig. It's giving them a bad impression towards the internet that they are paying for .
The problem is she cannot download... If I go to firefoxes site and try to download their browser, it just sits there with the download dialog open, with no transfering of data or anything. This is through IE6.
So I tried to email her a copy of FireFox, to hopefully fix her problem. She uses Outlook Express just like me, and using the same wow email server as mine. I emailed her the file, and it downloaded and installed on her system flawlessly. I tried downloading firefox again on her computer via forefoxes browser (just as a test). Except it did the same thing as IE did. It just sits there with the downloading box open, but no transfering of data.
So why will both browsers let me access the Internet and view images on her computer..... but not allow me to actually download stuff (it will let me right click and save images, on both browsers though). PS: No it's not just firefox's site- this was one of millions of sites that don't let me do this. I also tried downloading java support for her computer through suns site and it didnt work either...
Any suggestions other than format and reinstall? Could it be a virus of some sort? This thing is running open with no antivirus support . I really need help, since this is my parents primary rig. It's giving them a bad impression towards the internet that they are paying for .