Download Issues

[fcoulter]

I just purchased a new laptop. (My old one was giving me blue screens of death within 30 minutes of booting it up. It was also incredibly slow. I suspect these issues were related.) So, it's time to download and install software.

Python - no problem.
Audacity - no problem.
iTunes - no problem.
HP Printer Drivers (over 300 Meg) - no problem

But when I attempt to download Calibre, it hangs on the download, about 27 Meg into it. It doesn't matter if I use the link on the Calibre site, or if I go to SourceForge. Heck, I even attempted to download a couple earlier versions.

I did get 0.6.17 successfully downloaded and installed.



How can I get the latest version of Calibre downloaded and installed on my computer (Inspiron with Win 7 Home Premium)?

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by fcoulter

But when I attempt to download Calibre, it hangs on the download, about 27 Meg into it. It doesn't matter if I use the link on the Calibre site, or if I go to SourceForge. Heck, I even attempted to download a couple earlier versions.

I did get 0.6.17 successfully downloaded and installed.



How can I get the latest version of Calibre downloaded and installed on my computer (Inspiron with Win 7 Home Premium)?

If download Calibre with IE8 it pauses, not stops, at 99% for several minutes. This is because my Kaspersky Internet Security is virus scanning it. The file is an msi and Kaspersky finds about 3888 objects to scan which takes a while. So I use Firefox, which still results in a slow Kaspersky scan but this happens in the Download Statusbar addon and is less noticeable.

Having said that, I've just downloaded 0.6.43 with IE8 and it did work first time. I have no idea why 6.17 should work differently.

[kovidgoyal]

disable your antivirus