XP Home file download hangs at 99% then stops responding.

Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !

This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!

I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've
installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows
updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.

....have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender !!
...STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory, i.e.
it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried downloading it
to a different folder and saving it under a different name in case a
security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.
So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!
(IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.

....would be grateful for any tips !

TIA

regards, Richard

....and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with
names like:-

hosts.20080623-153932.backup
hosts.20080623-154134.backup

??


"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !
>
> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!
>
> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've
> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows
> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.
>
> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender
> !!
> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,
> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried
> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name
> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.
> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!
> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.
>
> ...would be grateful for any tips !
>
> TIA
>
> regards, Richard
>

....and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with
names like:-

hosts.20080623-153932.backup
hosts.20080623-154134.backup

??


"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !
>
> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!
>
> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've
> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows
> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.
>
> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender
> !!
> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,
> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried
> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name
> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.
> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!
> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.
>
> ...would be grateful for any tips !
>
> TIA
>
> regards, Richard
>

....and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with
names like:-

hosts.20080623-153932.backup
hosts.20080623-154134.backup

??


"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !
>
> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!
>
> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've
> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows
> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.
>
> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender
> !!
> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,
> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried
> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name
> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.
> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!
> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.
>
> ...would be grateful for any tips !
>
> TIA
>
> regards, Richard
>

...ooops ! fighting with email server names on Dad's PC

regards, Richard


"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uO8dXAU1IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> ...and after deleting everything in etc something is making backups with
> names like:-
>
> hosts.20080623-153932.backup
> hosts.20080623-154134.backup
>
> ??
>
>
> "rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !
>>
>> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!
>>
>> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've
>> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows
>> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.
>>
>> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender
>> !!
>> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,
>> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried
>> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name
>> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.
>> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!
>> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.
>>
>> ...would be grateful for any tips !
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>
>

....found it, ...sort of...
....uninstalled AVG 8.0 and Spybot S&D, and now nothing is interfering with
etc !

....now if only I could find out how, in either of the above programs, just
how to temporarily stop whichever one is that "locks" the hosts file, that
would be good !

regards, Richard


"rjk" <nosuch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eJtDC6T1IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now !
>
> This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !!
>
> I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've
> installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows
> updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders.
>
> ...have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender
> !!
> ..STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory,
> i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried
> downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name
> in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering with things.
> So I have to click on "End Program now" and then of course IE7 quits !!
> (IE6 file download was doing the same thing before I embarked on updates.
>
> ...would be grateful for any tips !
>
> TIA
>
> regards, Richard
>