my downloads stop installing at the end of setup?

Question

windows xp, microsoft internet explorer. i have several programs that seem to download fime but when it comes to installing them right at the end of installing it rolls back and says " the installation was interupted, try to install later" i have gone thruogh alot of stuff to figure it out and haven't found any problems elsewhere on my computer. other installs have worked. did all the scans also. help! thanks

Answer 1

I had problems downloading when I switched to Internet Explorer 7. What helped a lot (besides going back to IE6 and switching to Opera and Firefox browsers) was doing what I read somewhere:

Go to "run" from the start menu, type %temp%, and delete everything in that folder. (I had one file that didn't delete, probably necessary.) But after I did that it helped a lot.

Also, when I later had various problems downloading or opening some files I installed Internet Download Manager, 5.9 or 5.09 or something, free from www.download.com, and the files that wouldn't work in the other browsers worked fine when I downloaded them with Internet Download Manager. (I downloaded others but haven't tried them yet.) There might only be a 30 day trial or something, I'm not sure, but there's other free download programs out there.

But first try the "run" type in %temp%, oh ya, also clear out all temporary files and cookies from internet options, restart the computer and see if you still have problems. If that doesn't work, try a download manager.

It could be your connection, but that's what they always say, and it never is.