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| Thread ID: 38020 | 2003-09-24 22:08:00 | PCW CD - people's poll | Biggles (121) | Press F1 |
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| 177747 | 2003-09-28 10:31:00 | > >It's not really all that hard. I've done it many a > time on dialup. Unless you're on a small 10hr plan it > isn't unreasonable at all. > > *cough* i have to download w2ksp4, all 130 odd megs > of it, which will take about 12 > hours...........arrrghhhhhhh Its only an over-night job.. not that bad.. I've downloaded over 1 1/2 gigs from Over-night downloads in about a week. Just use a download manager ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 177748 | 2003-09-28 10:32:00 | Yer I don't know what peoples problems are with downloading big files on dialup. You just leave it downloading overnight or 2 nights using a download manager like getright (essential) and tell your internet connection to reconnect after 10secs if it disconnects. Man I used to download 700mb files in 3-5nights no worries. And if you are downloading a service pack, you download the one that system admins use for distributing over a network (its a single file). Don't use windows update for full service packs as you will have to re-download the pack when u reinstall windows, and if you get d/c while its downloading then you are in trouble!) :p |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 177749 | 2003-09-28 12:37:00 | What happens when you're using Windows 98, which doesn't auto-redial upon being disconnected but sits there prompting you to click 'Re-connect'? Anyway, I was looking for the DirectX 9.0b redistributable file, and could never find it on Microsoft's site... ended up pinching it off the PC World cover disc. Same goes for Office 2000 updates, I simply cannot find redistributable downloads, and get stuck having to monitor my computer for five hours while some 60MB file is downloaded... |
agent (30) | ||
| 177750 | 2003-09-28 13:20:00 | Is the directx off the PCW disk 9.0b? I thought it was 9.0a, can't find the disk to check. Anyway for redistributable files you just search google, for directx redist. But a quick look at microsoft.com/directx turned up this (www.microsoft.com). |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 177751 | 2003-09-28 23:36:00 | Cheeky buggers, they hide the link to the redistributable file in the 'Additional Information' section of the internet download setup file. Thanks for the tip though :D |
agent (30) | ||
| 177752 | 2003-09-28 23:54:00 | Yeah I always get the redist file. Though I've heard that the web install can be smaller though. I like to have the redist for future installs anyway. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 177753 | 2003-09-29 09:58:00 | get rid of it | perelini (4629) | ||
| 177754 | 2003-09-29 10:05:00 | The case ripped again this month... Made an image on my HDD which I keep for a month (til next months) and gave it to the 8yr old brother for a frisbee... I have NO cases.... Anybody know a good place to get them from coz DSE didnt have them in WestCity auckland last time I checked, and the Warehouse wanted $10 for 3!? | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 177755 | 2003-09-29 10:27:00 | yeah. the first one was cool but the other ones are rubbish. kill it. about the dvd thing: i think subscribers should have an option of getting a dvd with more files on it! |
fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 177756 | 2003-09-29 11:04:00 | I don't mind the splash screen at all... So either way for me is fine... I also have to agree that the cds are hard to get out of the plastic covers though. |
Mizz_1Nique (1201) | ||
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