IE Download Problem

i been using IE 7 for most of the time but i have noticed that it freezes whenever i download a file from the net. it download just stops

is there a fix?

 

try downloading with a download manager like free download manager. you can get that at www.freedownloadmanager.org
check if your getting the same issue.
if yes, scan for spaywares using ad aware 2007.
still nogo, try disabling all IE add ons.
try different browser.

hope this helps.

 

I would recomend you stop using IE alltogether, before you get some nasty stuff on your pc. Here got to this site and get the Opera web browser, it is the best and has a really nice download manager biult-in, or atleast get firefox

Opera http://www.opera.com/download/

Firefox http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/

 

Two questions: (1) are you running Vista as your OS, and (2) do you have some sort of audio or video file running at the same time? Apparently, there's a kludge in Vista that causes network transfer speeds to drop precipitously whenever there is some sort of media being played. According to this link: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=709

even the little sound effects MS incorporates into all of its OSs can cause network transfer speeds to drop.

 

i agree with this. but some people just dont wanna switch.
but yes. i would go for firefox if i was you.
in fact i use both opera and firefox.
i only use IE on trusted wesites that dont work propperly with mozilla or opera.

 

If a site will not work with Firefox, I just don't go there.

 

Thanks for the replies. i have used firefox before and today it did the same thing so its not a software related problem but thanks for the help you guys
EDIT
i am using vista