a question about multiple downloads...

[DilLy]

A friend of mine was telling me that he is unable to download more than two movies at a time (leave all possibilities of illegal movies out of your head, legal issues are not the issue here).

He has a fast cable connection and is able to have more than two simultaneous downloads of any other file (he didn't give me a link to the particular site or tell me the file type).

I asked him if windows gives him a message or anything; he said "no, it's just when I have two movies downloading at a time, and I try to do a third one while they are still downloading, I notice the "Save" button is greyed out, but I don't have this problem for any other file".

Of course I have never had this problem before (he is using IE6 btw) so I was unable to help him. he uses no ad killers or download managers, just straight IE. I thought it might be a bandwidth limitation at the site, but since the "save" button is grayed out, it seems to stem more from the browser (perhaps?)

Anyone ever encountered a similar problem with multiple downloads? How did you fix it? Did you find out what was causing it?

thanks, I'd like to be able to help him, and I am curious myself as to the answer.

[glc]

Maybe the site has a simultaneous download limit.

[DilLy]

Sites really do that??

If they do, that is probably the reason.

[glc]

Sure - I was just up at Creative's site the other day to get some drivers and they only let you download one file at a time.

[DilLy]

what happens when you try to download more? A little popup saying "you bandwidth thief!" (or similar) or does the start button get greyed out, or what happens?

I am just trying to be a little certain that my friends symptoms are the result of download limits.

thanks glc

[shinigami579]

it could be the site if its the same and they have a d/l limit. or could it possible that the os doesn't allow more simultaneous d/l i know when d/l that xp pro doesnt allow more that two at the same time. i believe that this is because xp was programmed to manage and conserve as much ram and processing as possible to keep your system more stable and from meltdowns and frezzing.

[glc]

Creative puts your request into a queue and won't even give you the "save or open" box till the existing download is done.