This day is just going from bad to worse............

Friday, December 5, 2003 by Leo the Lion | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Anybody tried downloading Mormegils Xmas Wall in the last couple of hours?
I have now tried 4 times and cannot get the whole file. I know its not just me as i have just had an email from someone else with the same problem. Have we got a server or library problem
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Rutabaga64
Reply #41 Saturday, December 6, 2003 7:21 PM
I've tried downloading the Winter 2003 WB skin 3 ways now...IE 6, Netscape 7, and Stardock Central. Changed servers from Atlanta to California, thanks to the tips I read in this thread...didn't have a clue about this before, and it seemed kinda dorky that I was downloading from Atlanta when I live in California.

Anywho, the end result is the same...the download crashes before it's complete, no matter which way I'm trying to do it.

Hy_Rolr
Reply #42 Saturday, December 6, 2003 7:36 PM
No luck here either, tried several times the last couple of nights, NADA,ZIP,ZILCH...

d0p3y2k4
Reply #43 Saturday, December 6, 2003 8:37 PM
im glad i can help im on adsl btw

d0p3y2k4
Reply #44 Saturday, December 6, 2003 8:40 PM
i could upload them on my yahoo briefcase and give public access for the time being

Hy_Rolr
Reply #45 Saturday, December 6, 2003 9:29 PM
I figured out how to get these walls to download for me after 2 days of trying, I don't know why I did'nt figure it out sooner, DUHHHH!!! I just disabled my virus software and firewall long enough for the download and it went very smooth...Try it. maybe it will work for you too. Hope this helps some of you.

Rutabaga64
Reply #46 Sunday, December 7, 2003 12:36 AM
Hm, very interesting...I'm pretty sure I already tried to download the Winter 2003 skin with the firewall and anti-virus programs disabled, with no success. But I went ahead and tried it again just now, because I figured it was worth another try.

First attempt, the download crashed again, and I got a message saying the connection with the server had been reset. I was ready to give up then and there, but I gave it one more try. The download picked up where it had left off...and it went to completion this time. It also installed successfully.

FINALLY!!! Hooray!!!

So thanks for the tip, Hy_Rolr! Hopefully disabling the antivirus and firewall programs will work for everyone else too.

Hy_Rolr
Reply #47 Sunday, December 7, 2003 12:52 AM
Glad I could help Jinn Fizz, I probably should have mentioned also that I rebooted,so as to have a clean start then went to the download page, then disabled AV & FW then started the download, and amazingly mine also started from where it had left off before, even after a reboot! Go figure anyway it worked and what an awsome skin it is too.

Leo the Lion
Reply #48 Sunday, December 7, 2003 2:47 PM
I have not tried the AV/Firewall workaround yet but why would you need to do that? Surely you are leaving yourself wide open for an attack for the 10 to 30 minutes that you are downloading and with the rate of attacks is this not a bit risky.

This workaround still does not answer the question of why a lot of us cannot download the skin

yrag
Reply #49 Sunday, December 7, 2003 3:03 PM
Leo - you're absolutely right about firewall and AV...it could be as simple as the server problem and the dail-up connection (the server seems to go in and out at will). Try one thing that may keep your connection open...open WB config and use 'install from web' option and see if it works that way. If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll send you the file.



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Leo the Lion
Reply #50 Sunday, December 7, 2003 3:53 PM
Thanks Gary........I am at work at the moment and i will give it a try later and let you know how i get on.......the strange thing is that any other skin that i wanted to download from WC during these goes came thru without any troubles. I must have tried about 20 times now to get this wall and the same thing - failure. But try any other skin and total success. Weird. This points to a problem with the skin itself but if that was the case everybody would be having these problems. As i say weird. Anyway i will be home in about 10 hours and will let you know

yrag
Reply #51 Sunday, December 7, 2003 3:59 PM
OK Ian...let me know which files you need and I'll zip them up and send....if you keep this up, Xmas will be over before you get it up!!!

Leo the Lion
Reply #52 Sunday, December 7, 2003 7:27 PM
Thanks Gary......My little daughter Lucy has been looking forward to me putting Pauls theme on my desktop this weekend together with all the other bits like the Holly, Lights etc but i have had to tell her that Santa is a bit behind schedule and his Elves, who make all these wonderful things, have got colds/flu and have had to rest in bed. But they are now much better and will send all the bits out on Monday

Will return to thread when i get home later and let you know up-to-date situ and if i need the files

Leo the Lion
Reply #53 Monday, December 8, 2003 12:43 PM
I tried again and still no joy. I will whizz off an email to KG to view this thread and see if it can be sorted. This is really strange and all the avenues that i have tried have drawn a blank. This whole suite is a fantastic present from Paul/Stardock/WC and i should imagine could well influence those people who have not purchased Object Desktop or subscribed to Wincustomize to come on board. Many potential customers are on dial ups and may well have had the same problems and for this reason needs to be sorted ASAP

BTW x-scratch thanks your mail wall recd with big thanks.

ErRoR5o1
Reply #54 Monday, December 8, 2003 2:51 PM
hahaha, you think you have it bad.....

i uploaded a logon, and waited 5 days for it to get moderated... at the end of the 5 days, i get an email from wonderful admin jafo saying that there is no file there?!? whoops, oh look, i didnt upload the zip. hehehe. so now i hafta wait another 5 days... oh well, i learned my lesson. *ErRoR5o1 smacks himself*

ErRoR5o1
Reply #55 Monday, December 8, 2003 2:59 PM
oops, i submitted #54 before i read the rest of the thread, sorry, just ignore it.

KarmaGirl
Reply #56 Monday, December 8, 2003 3:46 PM
We discussed the issue in our meeting today.  I had the same issues from home over the weekend, and we think that we may know what is causing it.  It will hopefully be fixed soon.

Leo the Lion
Reply #57 Monday, December 8, 2003 5:09 PM
KG.....Ma'am........thank you for your kind update

BoXXi
Reply #58 Monday, December 8, 2003 5:17 PM
I can't upload anything, I just get "connection timed out"......

yrag
Reply #59 Monday, December 8, 2003 5:31 PM
Bryan - let me know what you need and I'll mail it to you....



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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #60 Monday, December 8, 2003 7:31 PM
I can't upload anything to my brain. I just get "you're thick"...

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