AutoPatcher XP 4.5 Official Thread

[Phantom Helix]

i get things like that all the time the very moment you click a downlaod in IE it starts actually downloading the file, even before you select where to save it to, the longer you take to pick a place to save it the more of the file downloads.

if you waited long enough the download can even complete and when you finnaly select where to save it its instantly done.

but if its not complete yet it calculates the download speed from the time you select its saved directory and if you have lets say 15% of the file downloaded alread at that point it will show a really high speed even if you know you cant downlaod that fast and will slowy recalculate the proper speed.

i have done it before on a 50 meg file where i clicked the lnik and had to answer the door and forgot to select where to save it and i was at the door talking for about 30 minutes and then finnaly saved it somewhere and i had a speed of like 20kb/s for almsot 20 minutes before it started calculating the correct speed and the file was not corrupted.

however if you feel that it may be corrupted then just restart it if you havent downloaded to much yet

[DsnBehind]

the very moment you click a downlaod in IE it starts actually downloading the file, even before you select where to save it to, the longer you take to pick a place to save it the more of the file downloads.

Sorry to say this, but that's simply not true:laugh:h:

[Phantom Helix]

oh i almost forgot i ordered my CD on friday and i live in minnesota, i was wondering from where the cd's are mailed to judge how long it will take, i usderstand it was the weekend and will take longer cause the mail dont go on sunday and whatnot i was simply wondering and not complaining

[Phantom Helix]

Sorry to say this, but that's simply not true. :laugh:

dude it does, try it for yourself click the link for a huge file and wait for lets say 20 minutes before you select where to save it

then once you do select where to save it cancel the download imediately and reclick the same link it will resume the downlaod and will inform you that a good good portion has downlaoded

the reason is that IE unlike other browsers saves the downlaoding file to a temporary file on your system before finnaly moving the completed file to the destination you select after clicking the link.

this is also the reason most files get corrupted when downlaoding in IE because it gets confused and thinks the file is complete when it is not and moves the incomplete file to the destination you selcted when it shouldnt have.

i can prove that this behavior exists in IE, can you prove that it doesnt?

[jnr_subz33]

thanks for the quick responses guys..

im using getright....the thing is at first i thought it was the thing Helix was talking about becuase i too kow its possible...the thing is when the download first started it was at its normal rate of 3.3k/sec for almost 15 mins and then it started to climb..then after 10-15 mins of that abnormal speed it went back down...

[Phantom Helix]

oh wow, thats very VERY odd, if it was me i wouldnt restart the downlaod, i dont use getright because i always got corrupted files mostly when the file is broken up into more than one downlaoding piece.

i use Download accelerator for the rusume function but i NEVER allow it to split the file because thats where the corruption problems come into play with these types of download managers.

so thats what i would do but if you have quite a bit of it already downlaoded you might aswell let it keep going and see, especially if your at like over 50% or so i always kicked myself for restarting downlaods that were almost done because i thought something was wrong and then had to redownlaod it again so i started just letting the files complete and find out for myself if they were corrupted or not.

i felt alot better knowing than restarting and not knowing at all

[.KICK]

Woohoo, I am still the only seed :|

[Phantom Helix]

bit torrent should have implemented a sharing point system lol

[.KICK]

bit torrent should have implemented a sharing point system lol

Yes, its really annoying , everyone thinks its fine to close the d/l when its finnished but thats not what bt is for, you gotta share:angry:y:

[jnr_subz33]

@+Phantom Helix?

Thanks for your response...As soon as i found out about the abnormal speeds i pretty much paused it..i had little over 20% done, so i might as well start over....

Thanks

[DsnBehind]

once you do select where to save it cancel the download imediately and reclick the same link it will resume the downlaod and will inform you that a good good portion has downlaoded

You're talking about IE's on-and-off "resume" feature; I'm talking about IE downloading a file before you choose where to place it.

Trust me, when downloading every file I've ever downloaded, I've never seen IE do that;);)

[akaladis Veteran]

Sorry to say this, but that's simply not true. :laugh:

it does... just check it out :) although im quite sure that after some time, and if you still havent selected where to save it, it kinda stops downloading, and then resumes when you select the place to save it :)

[DsnBehind]

it does... just check it out :) although im quite sure that after some time, and if you still havent selected where to save it, it kinda stops downloading, and then resumes when you select the place to save it :)

Maybe I'm the only one that it's never happened to, then. IE doesn't like me. :cry:

[akaladis Veteran]

maybe FireFox will like you better? :p

[blueshirt]

Offtopic:

Speaking of firefox, when I open it, it just stays minimized. I click and I click and nothing happens. Same thing happened to Outlook 2003.

Maybe its time to reformat.

[jnr_subz33]

Are you using the shortcut to open Firfox..Maybe you can check the prop of the link and see if you can change it to open maximised..I know its kinda obvisious but you never know with comps these days...Hope that helps..

[akaladis Veteran]

lol... thats weird blueshirt... when things like that happen on my PC, i usually fix them with a simple restart... if it doesnt go away, i try reinstalling them...

[EZRecovery]

Raptor or Flish, could you guys update my server info for AutoPatcher on your AutoPatcher site?

IP: neowin.serveftp.com

username: apxp

password: neowin

port: 2680

Thanks :D

[edit]

I'm also seeding AutoPatcher Feb Full right now

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[.KICK]

Been seeding past 3 days , uploaded near 7gb now lol, not seen any other seeds, ah well , there are 2 different torrents for the full feb update

[akaladis Veteran]

thats EZRecovery (Y) it will be taken care of :)

[EZRecovery]

thats EZRecovery (Y) it will be taken care of :)

Thank you Raptor :D

[akaladis Veteran]

i still feel sorry for poor Kick_Xp... seeding for days now... alone!

[OptiPlex]

Feature request!

Disable ability to run if account privilege is not "Administrators"

Oh, and I noticed one thing - if you run set the DB so that it runs in 2000 only and you run in XP, you get error 5 :blink:

Maybe you should clarify that - make error 8578475839745 "Wrong OS"

[FlishFun Veteran]

Feature request!

Disable ability to run if account privilege is not "Administrators"

Oh, and I noticed one thing - if you run set the DB so that it runs in 2000 only and you run in XP, you get error 5  :blink:

Maybe you should clarify that - make error 8578475839745 "Wrong OS"

hahaha Feature is bein' implemented in the next exe (I have a copy here with me). ;)

[akaladis Veteran]

flishy was reffering to the OS thingy... which, yes, is changed already for the next release :D

about Admin privilege... ill have to look into how do detect the user's rights :)