help: IE file download time out

i get a timeout error about 50% into a 1.6GB file download (adobe product) with IE. is there anyway around this? any help appreciated, i gotta do this tonight.

TIA

 

Use a download manager, then you can resume* a download even if something goes wrong in the middle. I use Flashget, there are plenty of other free download managers out there.

* provided that the site support resume support, most sites do.

 

Yeah, like "Free Download Manager"

Another way around it is to switch to another browser. :O

 

Might be either your internet connection lagging, or the server does.

 

I would Recommend using JDownloader , as its fast , free and Portable also it can download from 1-click filehosters (Rapidshare,Megaupload .. ) even without premium accounts :wink:

Link : http://www.jdownloader.org/

Note : Jdownloader Requires Latest JRE to be installed as this Java based you can even port it to a Linux System

But if you want a best free rounder which can download anything you throw @ it then i would recommend Orbit Download Manger .

Link : http://www.orbitdownloader.com

also you try increasing the limit imposed by IE to download multiple files

 

Unless there's something wonky with your system, that's almost certainly the result of the server being overloaded (which makes sense since it sounds like you're downloading something popular).

Generally, when I get a timeout or some other download error, XP will frequently pick up where it left off; however, I have no idea how reliable that is, so you're probably best off going with a third-party downloader that has the express capability of picking up with a download after a timeout or other error.