a couple of days go i got a bad virus and had to reinstall windows

now anytime i want to go on youtube, or download a file it stops downloading after a bit

it varies in time, some ill get 50% through, others 5% then it will just stop, the progress bar will still be there but it will just freeze

is there something i need to configure, or something ive missed as its doign my nutt in cus i cant watch anything on any type of youtube style site or download any files i want

cheers

 

what browser you using? and do you get any error message?

 

i did used to use internet explorer when i got windows up and running a couple of days ago, it did the same problem then, now ive gone over to firefox to see if it helps and it doesnt

no error messages, its as if someones just stopped sending the info down the line, ie it might say 555k of 10mb and just stay there

ive googled the problem and noone else seems to have the answer on different forums when its been asked by other people

 

Have you tried turning off your firewall and then trying to download? maybe ring up your net provider if all else fails because from what it sounds like theres no reason why your downloads should stop

 

turned off the firewall, turned modem and pc off, then rebooted, went on to youtube, selected a music vid, stopped downloading after 30secs

 

Theres nothing wrong with your net? could you stay signed into msn all day for example? have you done speed tests to see if your getting the correct speed?

 

The latest version of medial player might be worth a go.

 

The lastest version of what? never heard of that

 

msn is logged in...yesterday did a few issues where it logged in and out again, but that was every couple of hours, and a few mentioned how bad msn was so assumed it was that

and ive got the latest version of media player but not sure how that will affect downloads(im not downloading anything though wmplayer)

ps bittorrent works fine, never had a problem with that up to yet

 

It's embedded into the youtube page, that't what actually plays the video.

However, now I've looked, it's actually flash player LOL.

Have you got the latest of that?

 

surely if i needed an updated version of flash player i shouldnt be able to watch the first say 30secs of it then the download bar freeze and that wouldnt affect my normal downloads

 

correct also you mention something about ANY downloads fail? not just youtube, so i think you can count out software as the issue when did it last work fine?

 

install linux

 

WHAAAAT

 

the downloads, youtube everything worked fine until i got a bad virus, i then reinstalled a fresh windows a couple of days ago, its been like this ever since

 

Have you got another hard drive you can install into your pc and try that? i really dont know what to surgest you do or what the problem could be

Also have you got another pc or laptop you could plug into your modem just to rule out the internet side of things?

 

im on a wireless network with 2 other people in the house, im wired into the router and they are in other rooms and pick it up through wireless, i could go ask them to download something, ill go ask now

 

Can you watch google video or video from ebaumsworld etc?

 

nope, nothing, its like anything at all just times out after 30secs

i watched task manager when i opened a youtube file and the networking graph went to maximum for about 30secs, then just went straight to 0% tried it a couple of times and it did the same thing, for the life of me i cant see why its doing it

 

now msn is getting worse, keeps dropping the signal now, eeek

 

run windows update mate


then download adobe flash player and... ai ai ai dont remember the other one that run on this sites

as said before. could you download from other sites?

 

what broadband setup have you got?? ethernet or USB router etc etc

 

if msn keeps signing out etc sounds like a internet problem

 

network card driver might be playing silly buggers, especially if its using standard microsoft drivers rather than the ones from the manufacturer

 

Will have a wild guess and say while vid is loading you get a blue "Q" in the window ???
If thats the case go to quicktime player run it
at the top hover or click over edit till menu appears
on that scroll down to preferences which should then show an option for
"quick time preferences" click that then on the tab at the top click
"File types" look down to "miscellaneous file formats" and make sure
"SMIL 1" and "FLASH MEDIA" are UNticked and
"QUICKTIME HTML (QHTM) IS ticked

All that is as lomg as you got quicktime ver 7.1.3 or newer as the version just before could NOT be made to work, so even if all above dont work would be worth downloading the latest quicktime.

and then a flash player and macromedia player but recon you probs already got them or it will tell you you need em ONCE you sorted Quicktime out

And if that works think your self lucky cos took me months to get mine working


Steve

 

The rapid 1 he says downloads freeze mate, not just youtube and such that wont play, actual file downloads, so its nothing to do with codecs or what not