philopous
Member
Again I have tried to download a Giveaway. Collage.
download seems to go smooth, but when I try to unzip the error messages start.
Setup.exe is corrupted, download again, done that again.
Windows cannot create destination file, etc, etc
This is not the first time I have tried to download various programs, always the same result, I must have a setting wrong or something, anyone got any suggestions.
running Win 8.
ChrisS
Administrator
Your security software is the most likely culprit. It sees the installation file as a threat and is quarantining some files. You might be able to confirm by checking the log files.
If you're running Kaspersky then the only known workaround is downloading the file as normal, boot in "safe mode with networking", install the file and then reboot normally.
If you're using other security software then you can try setting exclusions or simply deactivating the security software for the time it takes to install the program.
Upion
Member
Continuing Download issues
I haven't encountered this type of downlod problem with giveawayoftheday[GOTD], before.
Please help is needed from...if you are good about such puzzling type of errors.
Only little amounts of the gotd's file size,ever gets downloaded then it is completed.
problem with downloads is described as; failed-network error; Unknown Network error. when simultaneously or other times , different websites' download happen without
this type of error
The resulting fraction of a zip file is always empty, it cannot be extracted.
It is a recent problem in my experience 1st started on Saturday 29 Nov 2014's gotd download and is likely
to continue through the coming weeks and months unless I can find its source[s] and resolve it soon.
I wouldn't like to miss giveawayoftheday offerings, thank you.
Computer[s] and Windows Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1 connections that I use have/are being checked for network faults by the ISP. No faults found yet, and it is neither virus problem.
This download issue, if it is with only the gotd-some software providers' downloading and network connections, because it seems that way, then
please try help me resolve problem, give me a continuing working connection, which stopped from 29 Nov 2014's.
Is it possible at all that my computer connection with-giveawayoftheday file download is affected by
something/body not good?
Thanking you,
Upion
ChrisS
Administrator
My understanding from your message is that it worked fine until a few days ago and then quit working. That sounds like a software compatibility issue from an update or a program that you installed. However, it could also be a corrupted file.
First - you didn't install and run "Connectivity Fixer Pro 1.2" from November 10th did you? If so, that may well be the source of your problem.
Check the integrity of your hard drive since it's pointless to troubleshoot if your hardware is failing. If you don't have a drive health utility then try the free PassMark DiskCheckup and confirm that "Relocated Sector Count" is still 0.
I'd also run System File Checker (enter "sfc /scannow" in a run box) to rule out corrupted files as an issue.
Once you know your drive is OK, and it most likely is, start Resource Monitor, click the "Network" tab and determine if you've got a bunch of stuff using all of your bandwidth in the background (all those auto-updates, for example). If you do, either wait for them to finish or kill them. You can't download if you don't have available bandwidth.
Try a different browser. My initial impression from your note was "it's a browser issue". You could be having a problem with one of your extensions / add-ons or you might have an unhelpful BHO (browser helper object) that you need to remove. And, I hate to say it, but it may be time to upgrade. There's nothing wrong with Vista but you need to take extra care (and make a backup) when upgrading to the latest versions of software because they're not always fully compatible.
Use a download manager. If you're using one now, use a different one.
If none of that works, when (and what) was your last successful GOTD download and can you download from other sites?
Upion
Member
Upion thanks you, Downloading problem is easing and on its way to normalising again.
Did a system restore[s] in hopes of reversing unknown number of possible negative effects / errors preventing giveawayoftheday[gotd] download. The problem is still there somewhat.
When using both laptop and desktop Computers; Laptop 1GB RAM Windows Vista and a new desktop pc 8 GB RAM Windows 8/ 8.1 [which settings, capacities, resources make each computer different] I continued to get identical on both computers, very low data transfer rates of between 27kb p.s.[highest] and 1kb/0kb p.s.[lowest], and non completion of downloads, that I could not account for why such significant drop from normally reasonably fast download rates of MB p.s.
It makes a difference to the giveawayoftheday[gotd] download task if it is to take minutes to do, or hours [really] or download fails-however many times it is attempted on a number of different computers. Use of download manager has, slowly but surely, got the gotd downloading task completed. 1st time in 2-3 days that's happened, it has improved the solution some. If so, how is the problem caused by a network error, said by computers doing the downloading, and not by something else, all things considered.
Is it possible that about 3 computers each with different resources, capacities, possibly different or similar settings from each other can show distinctly identical problems, if the [downloads] issue was not caused by a source common to the computers? Or some unknown program[s] can instal themselves sometimes, undetected,
It's still puzzling to me if something like this happened. Help, somebody? its not O.K.
Appreciated, any and all discussion, is counted good nfo, and about if some program could be downloading/ running in the background and I don't know it, possibly on my computer[s], all of it is very useful because I do not drop everything at the first emergence of issue or its solution but look into it. Have tried using a number of different browsers for problem i.d. and solving, and pc now gets chrome-extension auto tabs/ popup that it never got before. I still don't know what it does, good or bad.
Thanking you.
ChrisS
Administrator
I misread your prior message and assumed that your "network" consisted of a single PC connecting to the internet. Disregard my prior comments as they don't really apply.
It sounds like you've either got a problem with your router, your network isn't configured properly, or your computers are running amok.
If it were me, I'd:
- Check for router software/firmware updates and Google the router plus "Network Error" to see if this is a common issue.
- Google something along the lines of "adding a Windows 8.1 computer to an existing network" to see if there are some problem areas.
- Remove the new PC from the network, re-establish the old 2 PC network, make sure that it works as it should, then add the new PC. In other words, don't try to "fix" the network, rebuild it.
- Install some network monitoring and analysis software (Probably the Best Free Security List in the World - Part III) so you can see what happened before you lost your bandwidth.
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
Thanks for all of your welcome advice Chris, it's very much appreciated by the community.
Mavadelo
Member
You might have the same issue as someone on the Dutch forum and the person that opened the topic "corrupt file), the person in the Dutch forum found the solution for him and it had to do with the GCD file and Kaspersky, this is what he said
"We did find what went wrong! Kaspersky security software blocks the .gdc file from being used. Thus the installation stops (with a wrong error message).
So each time I download a GiveAwayOfTheDay program I need to right-click on the .gdc file and lift the blockage.
case solved!"
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/68787"
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