Major download problem

[booklady]

I'm running IE 5.5 and Windows ME. About a week ago, I started being unable to download any kind of file from any site. I always get an error message, whether I left-click or right-click and try to save: "Internet Explorer cannot download xxxfile from xxxsite. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later." As I said, I've tried this on all kinds of files from various sites. I can browse just fine.

I haven't installed any new programs, and NAV hasn't detected any viruses. I did System Restore to a point before the problem appeared, and that hasn't helped.

At the same time (and perhaps related?) when I receive an e-mail attachment, I can open it fine, but the file also appears temporarily on my desktop. It disappears when I close out the attachment. This never happened before last week.

Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!

--Booklady

[rambler]

Have you set the size of your Temporary Internet Files folder to zero? It would explain the symptoms if you have.

[booklady]

I just checked, and it was set at 20 mB. While I was at it I cleared my cache, and upped it to 100 mB, but that doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. Thanks for the quick reply, though!

--Booklady

[Tufenuf]

booklady, Check out the fixes at the link below. Start with the first one and work your way down.

http://www.valink.com/jeep/IE/Unable.to.Download.Files.htm

HTH
Tufenuf

[booklady]

Tufenuf,

I tried the suggestions on that page and alas, I still have the same problem. Thanks, though.

--Booklady

[Tufenuf]

booklady, See if any of the links below will help solve the problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299328

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263041

More possibilities at the links/threads at the search link below.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Internet+Explorer+cannot+download&btnG=Google+Search

Tufenuf

[booklady]

Thanks for all the suggestions, but it turned out I had a nasty virus. The next time I booted up my NAV wouldn't load, and then other symptoms (like not being able to type anything) started. I had to reformat and re-install everything, but all's well now.

--Booklady