Thread: Calibre X64 2.1 will not install
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Old 08-30-2014, 11:24 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
Bee-Tee-Ess - do you normally download from download.com, because I suspect your problems are much more likely to be caused by them than by IDM.

Perhaps you use their software update gadget (the thing that tells you there is a new version of something). I would only ever use that service as a notifier, and do the actual downloads from originators site - eg calibre-ebook.com, piriform.com etc. It may take a bit longer because its an extra step, but its normally safer (no Open Candy or Bunndle crap to dodge) and the downloads are often faster, lots faster e.g. a calibre download fromm calibre-ebook.com usually max's out my line (16Mbs).

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In this particular case, proxies and download.com are both unreliable, so the only thing for it, really, is checksumming (and both stand a chance of evading stupid ISPs).

In general, I agree.
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