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Carol Haynes:
Here's the situation:

New BT Broadband 2.0 Hub/Router setup and working fine.

Desktop computer (Win XP SP3 Home) connecting wirelessly using a D-Link USB WiFi dongle. Browsing seems to work fine and often downloads are fine but some files stubbornly refuse to download past 90%.

I can download the offending files wirelessly on my laptop no problem but the Desktop just stops downloading and never completes. This seems to eliminate the connection which seems rock steady and fast on the laptop.

Things I have tried on the Desktop:

1) Installed the latest D-Link drivers - connection seems stable - 100% strength (only about 10 feet from the router).
2) Cleaned browser cache and flushed DNS cache.
3) Scanned (Malwarebytes and Avast Antivirus) and all seems clean.
4) Reset Winsock settings.
5) Used MSCONFIG to disable everything except MS services.
6) Checked HOSTS and Proxy settings - both are at standard windows settings.

Nothing seems to make any difference. There are no errors in Application or System logs (not even any warnings).

I just can't figure out what is happening on that computer to make downloads so difficult.

Anyone got any ideas please - I'm stumped!

cmpm:
Could be Avast stopping, or slowing the download.
Or Malwarebytes website blocking, not sure.
Is Avast on the other computers?

Disable or remove Avast and try on a trusted file that was a problem.

Just a guess and a shot in the dark.
With your knowledge, you've done more then I could.

skwire:
Different browsers exhibit the same issues?

nudone:
it's not using one of those nvidia network drivers is it? if so, i'd blame that.

Dormouse:
What do you use to download? Have you tried a download manager?

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