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> Download woes, Downloads stop short
weybrew
post Jun 30 2008, 12:09 PM
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I recently installed Firefox 3 and began having problems with video downloads. They begin and then within a few seconds stop... sometimes I see a "buffering" tag... but the video never resumes. Additionally, when I download a data file the download stops short. I can get it to resume by clicking Pause, then Resume. It often takes multiple times to get the full download. I'm not using any extra download manager.

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post Jul 1 2008, 08:37 PM
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Sounds like you should dump FF 3 for now then and go back to the latest 2.x version, see if that resolves the problem.
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post Jul 3 2008, 03:19 PM
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Thanks, Rich. I uninstalled FF3 and installed FF2.0.0.15 but got the same results on my test downloads. So Firefox in not the culprit. Can anyone offer another clue?
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Try a System Restore to before this started happening (also before FF3 was installed).
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post Jul 4 2008, 01:01 PM
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FIXED! As it turned out my troubles were not software related at all, but a failing wireless router. New router solved the problem.
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