Win XP SP2 Cant download 2

[notbrokedontchangeit]

Hi,
I have an old PC with XP prosp2 on it and it works great except that I can not download anything on it. It is connected via DSL and the MTU is 1492.
When I try to download it just hangs and then the server resets I try to run it and it doesn't run the program.
It also doesn't show the icons when browsing either; I don't know if this is related?
Thanks in advance

 

[Lemon13]

check ur ie settings, extras/ieoptions/security that filedownload is enabled and in extras/ieoptions/"more"/multimedia that show pics is enabled

 

[notbrokedontchangeit]

I have looked at those and they seem to be okay.
Any other suggestions; I have even gone to ie7 to try and change it but it made no difference.
Thanks

 

[cjcoyle]

Can you access any sites?
No = check your connection (netstat -rn) from the command prompt. Have an address? if not check the router/switch. if yes can you ping anything? netstat -e will show any errors the NIC might have.

Yes (my guess) = can you navigate to windows update manually? If not call Microsoft, they'll support patching for free.

Good luck!

 

[notbrokedontchangeit]

The answer to that is yes I can access sites but can't download any updates which is driving me nuts

 

[smah]

We need some clarification and more information here. You can't download any files from any site (even .zip, .jpg, .exe) or is it certain files and/or certain sites? Or are you only referring to Windows Update?

 

[notbrokedontchangeit]

I can't download anything at all from any site it starts with downloaded 0% and just stays at that until the server resets.

 

[smah]

Do you have a firewall, proxy server, anonymizing software, or security software that could be causing conflicts? Did it ever work or did it just start happening?

 

[notbrokedontchangeit]

I was given the PC and can only assume it has always done it. Does that mean it's terminal?

 

[smah]

Have you tried Firefox or Opera? Have you looked for any of the software types that I mentioned above?

 

[cjcoyle]

Look in add/remove programs, any download managers installed? If so, get rid of them.
Launch IE go to tools > programs and reset your internet settings. Also delete all cookies, files (including offline files) and history.
Do you have EasyCleaner? It's a great tool from ToniArts and 1 thing it can do is cleanup your registry.
Also. if you have the OS CD can you do a detect and repair?
You could also try booting in safe mode with networking and grabbing the updates that way.

1 more thing, if you received this system used and have the OS CD, I'd highly suggest rebuilding from scratch.

Good luck, let us know how you're doing!
-Chris

 

[notbrokedontchangeit]

Thanks guys I picked up a registry claener and used that and that seemed to do the trick so I can now do downloads. Thanks for the advise much appreciated.