Weird problem, I am having

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I apologize for the little yoda reference but I'm watching star wars

Okay up until a couple of days ago I have had no problem downloading from this site or any other, but now whenever I try to download ANYTHING from ANYWHERE, I get a popup window that says that the compressed zip folder is invalid or corrupted, and that's all that ever happens. This happens when I use my sbc yahoo browser.

I was thinking that there could be something interfering with my download capability altogether, so I went into mozilla firefox and tried the same sites and same downloads(also others), but I find no problems in mozilla, and also no problems in ie6.

Does anyone know what could be causing this problem?
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wincustomize
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also, I thought it might my privacy settings security settings, or pop-up blocker, so I turned them off yesterday while on this site, and still the same thing happened, but only happened in the sbc yahoo browser.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Try clearing your Temporary Internet files and also deleting any Temp files.

You might also think about any programs you installed or changes you made just prior to the problem.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Okay all the temp stuff and cookies are gone.
I can't think of any changes I did make prior to the problem, it just sorta came out of nowhere.
Well I just tried to download and it's still not working on this stupid browser, which is not good cuz that's where all the stuff downloads fastest.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think it has something to do with proxy settings....not an expert on this....but I used Yahoo's version of messenger once and was not able to share files with the person I was talking with. Sorry couldn't be more help, I haven't used any Yahoo products since.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It may be something with the Yahoo browser. I haven't used it so I really couldn't begin to tell you where to look other than maybe a reinstall of the program?
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is that Norton Icon for both AV and Firewall?
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's just for AV
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The yahoo browser I think has its own firewall
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry Derek...went off to do a backup....I never heard of a browser having it's own firewall, but it wouldn't be the first thing I never heard of. It sounds like your 'Download on Demand' feature has been turned off. Try this ...empty this folder: C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs and see if it makes a difference.




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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
in xp pro corporate would it be called inf? because i don't see anything called internet logs, i did however find a folder named security and inside it was a folder called logs

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Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You should have the Internet Log Folder

Stay away from that Security Folder....it's an Administrative Folder. Look in Internet options and make sure 'Enable Third Party Extensions' is checked...
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wait a minute....'xp pro corporate'...are you sure your Corporate Administer didn't kill your ability to download anything?
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
are you sure your Corporate Administer didn't kill your ability to download anything?


If that was what happened would it affect all browsers, or just one?

Ok I found third party browser extensions, and it was still checked, I also found 'Enable Install On Demand [Internet Explorer]' and have rechecked that and am restarting now to see if it helps, will post the results...
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Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
'xp corporate'? explain. only time i've heard that label was in pirated copies, corporate was a version with no activation. if that is a pirated copy, that could be your source for any number of problems.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
There is a 'Corporate' Edition, but it's licensed under a master license. It can be on his Lap, but it would have to be tied to work and thus activated by them. If that's not the case, then you're right about his problems and that it's a 'cracked' version. The 'Corporate' name is kind of a misnomer in that it takes 'crack files' to over ride the Corporate Administrator and make it work as a consumers XP Home/Pro edition.

I also look forward to him telling us what he actually has....



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Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, I had a problem with xp home where it would not start up, so I took it to a local fix-it guy in town that is known for good repairs, and when I got it back that's what he told me was on it...

See the main problem with the xp home situation is when it wouldn't start up the tele-support told me to format, and this wouldn't even work, so I took it up-town to that guy, and it had been working fine, but now that I know it is a cracked version, it's not going to be working at all, because I'm heading out to get a new xp home, or a genuine xp pro.

Thanks for the info guys, I gotta go make a angry phone call... >
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Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
DWatson
You should have your original XP Home disk or, at the very least, a restore disk.
Why not re-install?
Or if you decide to go to XP Pro, you can get the upgrade for a lower price than full version.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well I tried that but for some reason the original install won't go away, it keeps sayin something about unremovable traces on the hard disk
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
XP Pro is on the way so hopefully that'll fix the problem.