helllp, the *.zip’s
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Topic: helllp, the *.zip’s
Posted By: subzero150488
Subject: helllp, the *.zip’s
Date Posted: 10 June 2004 at 10:19am
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whenever i try and download the webwiz forum off this site, when i try and un-zip it it says that the file is invalid |
, weather i try ZinZIP, or WinRAR, and i get the same from both the UK & US Mirrors 
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 10 June 2004 at 2:37pm
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The forum download works fine for access AND SQL from the US mirror, have not tried US but the file can be unpacked without a problem using WinZIP or WinRAR. When you unzip it, try to disable your Virus Scanner. There are some nasty ones who render zip file broken during download or unpack. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 10 June 2004 at 6:57pm
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If you're using a download accelerator, you may want to disable that as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: Wizard
Date Posted: 11 June 2004 at 10:39am
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Both UK and US mirrors have problem. WinZIP and WinRAR (both latest versions) can not unzip files. No virus scanner is installed. |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:20pm
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I have re-zipped up all the forum files using a different Zip program
and reuploaded them and have tried downloading all the files and all
sucessfully open in winRAR.
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Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:37pm
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ive just downloaded UK and US mirrors (so i can test a few things,) and on both downloads winrar was giving the following erorr message ! C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\web_wiz_forums_access2000_v7[1].8.zip: Unexpected end of archive and wizzip 8 was giving this error End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a Zip file, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part Zip file.
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Posted By: cbr600
Date Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:46pm
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yup, borg: Tried it again and doesnt work. Same problem. Cant be from my ISP 'cos im in Portugal, and the other guys complaining are from different countries. Could you please do what i've asked you in my PM? |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 11 June 2004 at 2:56pm
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No problems here unzipping access and mssql versions downloaded from us mirror. Using winzip. -------------
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Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 11 June 2004 at 3:15pm
Wrong. Almost all ISP's use a proxy server for caching www requests.... if not them, then almost certainly upstream as well. What is the filesize of your file? ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |
cbr600 wrote:Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 13 June 2004 at 7:08am
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I have never had any problems with this.. But all these problems started when Bruce changed the way files were sent to the users I think |
Posted By: towtis
Date Posted: 13 June 2004 at 9:02am
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You mentioned that you rezipped the files using a different program - waht was it?
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Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 13 June 2004 at 7:43pm
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Posted By: tarantula
Date Posted: 24 June 2004 at 7:57am
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I downloaded zip file 4 times, 4 different location on disk, and used winRAR 3.30, 3.40 beta 1, 7-zip and still getting errors. No proxy. 2 files downloaded with Opera, 2 with K-meleon. Never had this problem. ------------- Don't piss me off - I'm running out of places to hide the bodies. |
Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 24 June 2004 at 1:53pm
HOw do you know there is no proxy? Most ISP's do this with transparent proxies ... ie nothing is set in the users browser ... it happens at the ISP end based on port requests ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |
Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 24 June 2004 at 2:06pm
Yes ... using a querystring such as http://fly2.me.uk/?DL=web_wiz_forums_SQL_Server_v7.9.zip& ;KTA=3%2E78408391427615E%2B17 to download files can result in different caching behaviour as opposed to jjust having the filename ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |
Posted By: tarantula
Date Posted: 25 June 2004 at 12:51pm
Yes you are right, I don't know. I was reffering to my local proxy, I turned it off. But, I have 3 different ISP's. Just download through 3 differrent ISP's and still getting errors.  ------------- Don't piss me off - I'm running out of places to hide the bodies. |
Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 25 June 2004 at 2:10pm
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Must be frustrating. I can gaurantee we can fix this problem but Borg wont allow it ... so you just have to sit tight. Someone else had this problem and had tried different ISP's etc etc etc. I provided a link to a renamed file on my site, and they downloaded it first pop. Same ZIP File, just using a different name ... and a direct link rather than via a querystring URL. ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |
Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 25 June 2004 at 2:35pm
PS Just done some tests. * I used a machine in Perth, W Aust. using MSIE 5.0 and couldn't download the file (SAVE AS or OPEN)... always corrupt download * Used a machine in Auck NZ (MSIE 6) and worked OK (SAVE AS) * Used a machine here at home (MSIE6) and OPEN failed, SAVE AS worked OK So my first suggestion would be to make sure you are using the latest version of browser (maybe use Firefox ... as I didn't get any problems with that) ... and dont use MSIE Second, make sure you either SAVE AS or RIGHT CLICK the link and select SAEV AS ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |