Cannot download anything on Vista Computer for the last few weeks

Cannot download anything on Vista Computer for the last few weeks

 

  1. When downloading an attachment from Verizon e mail

a message appears in the gold bar at the bottom

____________

 (File name) couldn’t be downloaded (Retry) (Cancel)

____________

  1. When downloading a PDF from the internet, such as a parts manual or Job Application

The download starts and times out at 100% but then a message appears in the “view downloads page” 

 (File name) This file couldn’t be downloaded (Retry) (Cancel)

____________

 

  1. Checked all security settings and lowered them…….

Still not able to download

 

  1. Ran system restore in normal mode got error message and it didn’t complete

 

  1. Started in safe mode,

Disabled all Norton 360 settings

Disabled (shut off) router to prevent any outside interference

Ran System restore back to 1-1-14

No Change

 

  1. Started Again … in safe mode,

Disabled all Norton 360 settings

Disabled (shut off) router to prevent any outside interference

Ran System restore back to 12-29-13 

 

Now it worked

This time I was able to download all attachments in my Verizon e-mail in box

 

  1. 7.     But Then

I turned on the router

I enabled all Norton 360 settings

Norton info box said that the security was not up to date and requested to upgrade…..

 

  1. 8.     I allowed Norton to update its files and when it was done …

 Once again I could not download anything

 

  1. Norton must be the problem, I don’t understand why it is blocking all downloads

 

Can you help?

Thanks for your reponse

 

I did check the settings on explorer and they seemed to be ok

 

When I restored to an earlier date with norton off it worked fine untill I left Norton update itself then nothing would download

 

So I thought the problem would be from Norton

I would try a different browser to see if it is an Internet Explorer issue. 

Thank you again

I can't download so I will try to get another browser from a different computer

If that doesn't work, you might try repeating your procedure to where you can download again, and then running the Norton Remove & Reinstall Tool:

 

https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v60392881_EndUserProfile_en_us

 

If the issue doesn't go away using another browser, it seems to me that something (like a power hit, or an aging hard drive, or the like) may have caused your Norton installation to become corrupted. The R&R Tool will correct that, unless something deeper is at work.

 

Good luck, and keep us posted!

 

V/R,

--DistEd2

I contacted Verizon about not being able to download any attachments on Verizon e-mail ... they took over my screen and did a lot of checking including resetting internet explorer 3 times to no avail.  They determined that internet explorer was bad , it had some issues that they couldn't straighten out

sooo they tried to download Firefox but the download didn't work so they had to down Google Chrome (which I didn't) want first and then use it to down Firefox ... This worked great and now we are using Firefox as our Default Browser ... Wow I am impressed ... it works great .... We can download both e-mail attachments and PDF's from the web .. We were surprised how much faster Firefox is than the old ie9

 

Thank you all for your comments

You were a big help

Hope this might help someone else

BC

 

OK, that's bizarre LOL (How were they able to download Chrome??) but I guess all that matters, at the end of the day, is that you're back in business! Thanks for letting us know.

 

I will warn you that Firefox has an unfortunate habit of breaking the Norton (toolbar) integration every time they do one of their multitudinous updates...but Norton is so used to that that they always get things set right again pretty quickly. Otherwise, it's a great browser!

 

Good luck, and safe computing!

 

V/R,

--DistEd2

Cannot download anything on Vista Computer for the last few weeks

 

  1. When downloading an attachment from Verizon e mail

a message appears in the gold bar at the bottom

____________

 (File name) couldn’t be downloaded (Retry) (Cancel)

____________

  1. When downloading a PDF from the internet, such as a parts manual or Job Application

The download starts and times out at 100% but then a message appears in the “view downloads page” 

 (File name) This file couldn’t be downloaded (Retry) (Cancel)

____________

 

  1. Checked all security settings and lowered them…….

Still not able to download

 

  1. Ran system restore in normal mode got error message and it didn’t complete

 

  1. Started in safe mode,

Disabled all Norton 360 settings

Disabled (shut off) router to prevent any outside interference

Ran System restore back to 1-1-14

No Change

 

  1. Started Again … in safe mode,

Disabled all Norton 360 settings

Disabled (shut off) router to prevent any outside interference

Ran System restore back to 12-29-13 

 

Now it worked

This time I was able to download all attachments in my Verizon e-mail in box

 

  1. 7.     But Then

I turned on the router

I enabled all Norton 360 settings

Norton info box said that the security was not up to date and requested to upgrade…..

 

  1. 8.     I allowed Norton to update its files and when it was done …

 Once again I could not download anything

 

  1. Norton must be the problem, I don’t understand why it is blocking all downloads

 

Can you help?