Download issues

Hey. I've been having problems downloading things from within Cardvault. I was hoping it would go away when I finally got 1.1a to dl right, but it just happened again when trying to dl 1.1b. The problem seems to come from when I'm doing anything else at all over the internet. If I'm browsing, checking my mail, ANYTHING while CV is downloading something, I get an error when its finished dling. For the updates, it exited out of CV to install like normal, but then an error message pops up say unexpected file size and that my file size is 13--whatever when its supposed to be 17-whatever. Then when dling datafiles and doing something else, it will completely finish dling and ask if I want to import them now, I say yes, and then it gives me an error that the files must be corrupted and to try again. I may not be using exact terms here, so I hope you understand. Well, if I exit out of everything else I'm doing online and then re-dl the update of files, everything works fine. I'm not sure what the problem is, and I was wondering if you've encountered it before. I have dial-up and dling everything a couple times until it works right is VERY time consuming.


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[rob]

Card Vault uses the standard mechanisms provided within Windows for
downloading files. Specifically, it uses the API provided in the "wininet"
DLL. CV is doing absolutely nothing but basic stuff, since it has to work
smoothly with both the newest and oldest versions of this DLL (from back in
1995).

Do you have any download accelerators installed? If so, that is most likely
the source of the problem. Not all sites work correctly in conjunction with
the accelerators. We've had a couple of reports of users having problems
with downloads due to accelerators. Try disabling the accelerator and
trying the download again. To my knowledge, this has always solved the
problem for others that have had download issues.

Thanks, Rob

At 02:36 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey. I've been having problems downloading things from within Cardvault. I
>was hoping it would go away when I finally got 1.1a to dl right, but it
>just happened again when trying to dl 1.1b. The problem seems to come from
>when I'm doing anything else at all over the internet. If I'm browsing,
>checking my mail, ANYTHING while CV is downloading something, I get an
>error when its finished dling. For the updates, it exited out of CV to
>install like normal, but then an error message pops up say unexpected file
>size and that my file size is 13--whatever when its supposed to be
>17-whatever. Then when dling datafiles and doing something else, it will
>completely finish dling and ask if I want to import them now, I say yes,
>and then it gives me an error that the files must be corrupted and to try
>again. I may not be using exact terms here, so I hope you understand.
>Well, if I exit out of everything else I'm doing online and then re-dl the
>update of files, everything works fine. I'm not sure what the problem is,
>and I was wondering if you've encountered it before. I have dial-up and
>dling everything a couple times until it works right is VERY time consuming.


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I have the accelerators disabled by default and only use them when needed. I posted before about accelerators not working with the files in yahoo groups, but this is entirely different. I don't have this problem any other time I download things, accelerated or not. Come to think of it I did have a problem with a rar archive the other day. The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is my antivirus tool. I use Norton's autoprotect now. Could that be causing problems/interfering with the dls?


--Kyle Turner
emperor799@earthlink.net


"You're out of your mind!"
"That's between me and my mind" -- Firefly


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Bowes
To: cardvault@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CardVault] Download issues


Card Vault uses the standard mechanisms provided within Windows for
downloading files. Specifically, it uses the API provided in the "wininet"
DLL. CV is doing absolutely nothing but basic stuff, since it has to work
smoothly with both the newest and oldest versions of this DLL (from back in
1995).

Do you have any download accelerators installed? If so, that is most likely
the source of the problem. Not all sites work correctly in conjunction with
the accelerators. We've had a couple of reports of users having problems
with downloads due to accelerators. Try disabling the accelerator and
trying the download again. To my knowledge, this has always solved the
problem for others that have had download issues.

Thanks, Rob

At 02:36 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey. I've been having problems downloading things from within Cardvault. I
>was hoping it would go away when I finally got 1.1a to dl right, but it
>just happened again when trying to dl 1.1b. The problem seems to come from
>when I'm doing anything else at all over the internet. If I'm browsing,
>checking my mail, ANYTHING while CV is downloading something, I get an
>error when its finished dling. For the updates, it exited out of CV to
>install like normal, but then an error message pops up say unexpected file
>size and that my file size is 13--whatever when its supposed to be
>17-whatever. Then when dling datafiles and doing something else, it will
>completely finish dling and ask if I want to import them now, I say yes,
>and then it gives me an error that the files must be corrupted and to try
>again. I may not be using exact terms here, so I hope you understand.
>Well, if I exit out of everything else I'm doing online and then re-dl the
>update of files, everything works fine. I'm not sure what the problem is,
>and I was wondering if you've encountered it before. I have dial-up and
>dling everything a couple times until it works right is VERY time consuming.


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[rob]

I have no idea what Norton's autoprotect even does, so I don't know whether
it could be involved. If that's the only thing that has changed, I wouldn't
be surprised if it's the culprit. I recommend disabling it and seeing if
things work again.

My personal experience has been pretty poor with Norton products since
shortly after Symantec bought them, so I avoid using their stuff. But
that's just my experience and there are lots of folks who use Norton products.

Let me know what you come up with....

Thanks, Rob

At 04:24 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I have the accelerators disabled by default and only use them when needed.
>I posted before about accelerators not working with the files in yahoo
>groups, but this is entirely different. I don't have this problem any
>other time I download things, accelerated or not. Come to think of it I
>did have a problem with a rar archive the other day. The only thing I can
>think of that has changed recently is my antivirus tool. I use Norton's
>autoprotect now. Could that be causing problems/interfering with the dls?


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Okay, I was already planning to test w/o autoprotect on. More off topic: What antivirus tool would you recommend? I don't care for Norton much myself, but am at a lost to find a better alternative.


--Kyle Turner
emperor799@earthlink.net


"You're out of your mind!"
"That's between me and my mind" -- Firefly


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Bowes
To: cardvault@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CardVault] Download issues


I have no idea what Norton's autoprotect even does, so I don't know whether
it could be involved. If that's the only thing that has changed, I wouldn't
be surprised if it's the culprit. I recommend disabling it and seeing if
things work again.

My personal experience has been pretty poor with Norton products since
shortly after Symantec bought them, so I avoid using their stuff. But
that's just my experience and there are lots of folks who use Norton products.

Let me know what you come up with....

Thanks, Rob

At 04:24 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I have the accelerators disabled by default and only use them when needed.
>I posted before about accelerators not working with the files in yahoo
>groups, but this is entirely different. I don't have this problem any
>other time I download things, accelerated or not. Come to think of it I
>did have a problem with a rar archive the other day. The only thing I can
>think of that has changed recently is my antivirus tool. I use Norton's
>autoprotect now. Could that be causing problems/interfering with the dls?


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[rob]

I use VirusScan from McAfee. The product seems to be technically sound from
all that I've mucked with it. Unfortunately, some moron in marketing
decided they should rewrite UI into an utterly pathetic excuse for
usability a couple years ago. It looks spiffy compared to a boring Windows
application, but it's very clunky to use due to a very stupid design.

There may be other good options out there. I stick with VirusScan purely
because it seems technically sound (something I don't experience with
Norton) and I don't have the time to go evaluating other optoins without a
demonstrated need.

-Rob

At 04:32 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, I was already planning to test w/o autoprotect on. More off topic:
>What antivirus tool would you recommend? I don't care for Norton much
>myself, but am at a lost to find a better alternative.


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Okay, thanks. I had already heard bad things about McAfee though. I think there's some Russian antivirus that's supposed to be good, but I don't know the name. Anyway, I'll test with Norton off and get back to you.


--Kyle Turner
emperor799@earthlink.net


"You're out of your mind!"
"That's between me and my mind" -- Firefly


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Bowes
To: cardvault@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CardVault] Download issues


I use VirusScan from McAfee. The product seems to be technically sound from
all that I've mucked with it. Unfortunately, some moron in marketing
decided they should rewrite UI into an utterly pathetic excuse for
usability a couple years ago. It looks spiffy compared to a boring Windows
application, but it's very clunky to use due to a very stupid design.

There may be other good options out there. I stick with VirusScan purely
because it seems technically sound (something I don't experience with
Norton) and I don't have the time to go evaluating other optoins without a
demonstrated need.

-Rob

At 04:32 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, I was already planning to test w/o autoprotect on. More off topic:
>What antivirus tool would you recommend? I don't care for Norton much
>myself, but am at a lost to find a better alternative.


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[rob]

What were the bad things you've heard about McAfee? I definitely think the
UI stinks - it would be hard to make it worse. But what about technically?
If there are technical issues with it that I haven't uncovered, I'd
definitely like to know. :-)

-Rob

At 04:45 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, thanks. I had already heard bad things about McAfee though. I think
>there's some Russian antivirus that's supposed to be good, but I don't
>know the name. Anyway, I'll test with Norton off and get back to you.


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I don't recall any specific issues of the top of my head. It's been a few years since I was shopping around and kept hearing "Just don't get McAfee" and things like that. I'm not sure if it was just UI problems, or tech issues as well, but I'll be sure to let you know if I find out anything specific.


--Kyle Turner
emperor799@earthlink.net


"You're out of your mind!"
"That's between me and my mind" -- Firefly


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Bowes
To: cardvault@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CardVault] Download issues


What were the bad things you've heard about McAfee? I definitely think the
UI stinks - it would be hard to make it worse. But what about technically?
If there are technical issues with it that I haven't uncovered, I'd
definitely like to know. :-)

-Rob

At 04:45 PM 4/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, thanks. I had already heard bad things about McAfee though. I think
>there's some Russian antivirus that's supposed to be good, but I don't
>know the name. Anyway, I'll test with Norton off and get back to you.


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Try using the slower download... I had the same problem myself.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Turner" <emperor799@earthlink.net>
To: cv@support.wolflair.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:36 AM
Subject: [CardVault] Download issues


> Hey. I've been having problems downloading things from within Cardvault. I
was hoping it would go away when I finally got 1.1a to dl right, but it just
happened again when trying to dl 1.1b. The problem seems to come from when
I'm doing anything else at all over the internet. If I'm browsing, checking
my mail, ANYTHING while CV is downloading something, I get an error when its
finished dling. For the updates, it exited out of CV to install like normal,
but then an error message pops up say unexpected file size and that my file
size is 13--whatever when its supposed to be 17-whatever. Then when dling
datafiles and doing something else, it will completely finish dling and ask
if I want to import them now, I say yes, and then it gives me an error that
the files must be corrupted and to try again. I may not be using exact terms
here, so I hope you understand. Well, if I exit out of everything else I'm
doing online and then re-dl the update of files, everything works fine. I'm
no!
> t sure what the problem is, and I was wondering if you've encountered it
before. I have dial-up and dling everything a couple times until it works
right is VERY time consuming.
>
>
> --Kyle Turner
> emperor799@earthlink.net
>
>
> "You're out of your mind!"
> "That's between me and my mind" -- Firefly
>
>
>
>
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