It usually does. It may not say it is continuing from where it left off but if it only needs another half an hour you should find that is when it will stop. It might take a few minutes more just to tie it together. Roz > Last night I checked on Microsoft updates and found several for Office 2000. > > One had to be installed before all others so I proceeded only to discover it > took 2½ hours. I set the download and went to bed only to find that > Freeserve, my ISP, had disconnected after two hours even during a download. > > Apparently 2 hours is the longest Freeserve allows you to stay on line > without redialling. > > I always thought if a download was interupted, on regaining the connection > the download continued where it left off. > > > Brian > List Admin > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Visit and support: > http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
I just got back in and you are right it finished the download without telling me. Sneaky. The "resume" bit must be part of XP, Sue. Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roz" <roz12345uk@yahoo.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Updates > It usually does. It may not say it is continuing from where it left off but > if it only needs another half an hour you should find that is when it will > stop. It might take a few minutes more just to tie it together. > Roz > > > Last night I checked on Microsoft updates and found several for Office > 2000. > > > > One had to be installed before all others so I proceeded only to discover > it > > took 2½ hours. I set the download and went to bed only to find that > > Freeserve, my ISP, had disconnected after two hours even during a > download. > > > > Apparently 2 hours is the longest Freeserve allows you to stay on line > > without redialling. > > > > I always thought if a download was interupted, on regaining the connection > > the download continued where it left off. > > > > > > Brian > > List Admin > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002 > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > > Visit and support: > > http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Suspect virus messages should be sent to the List Admin only, > NOT to the list, so they can be checked out before a panic starts. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002