Wrong MD5 Checksum for Pre-RC1

Has anyone succeeded in downloading the iso using a different dl manager
(ie. not akamai)?


"Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
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> Every time data is transmitted over the internet, there is a chance that
> one or two bytes may go astray. Corruption of transmitted data is
> possible any time. It's just one of those things that is out of our
> control.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
> "Schevenels Patrick" <pscheven@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news8C2CFAA-C841-4807-B96B-BC08709DD0F3@microsoft.com...

>> Hello.
>>
>> I downloaded Windows Vista Pre-RC1 using Akamai Download Manager on
>> Windows Vista website but at the end of the download, the download
>> manager tells me that the downlad is corrupt.
>>
>> I've checked the MD5 Checksum myself and it's wrong.
>>
>> I think I will download the file again but I would like to know what's
>> the cause of this problem (I experienced the same problem with Beta 2 : I
>> had to download it twice to have a good checksum)
>>
>> Thanks for your answers.
>>
>> Patrick Schevenels.

>

Intel Inside wrote:

> Has anyone succeeded in downloading the iso using a different dl manager
> (ie. not akamai)?
>
>

Yes, I just did it using my browser (Netscape 7.2/Mozilla). Took about
an hour on home cable, and I got a good hash!

David Wilkinson

I already had it but I wanted to test Akami and it took about 15 minutes
over a Cable connection. It may have been closer to 12 minutes. But it
didn't have although kiddie in adult body Beta testers who sleep on their
couch for days waiting for a new build to drop to satisfy their Jones and so
they can stop the "Mommy mommy please give us a new build that fills up the
beta groups one day after a new build drops. I think this site is
relatively unknown.

CH

New Orleans=Bagdad without Civil War

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washi...=1&oref=slogin

Had New Orleans been Seattle with it's predominantly white demography of
course it would have been rebuilt faster:

Asked if he believed race was a factor in the slow federal response to
Katrina, Nagin said: ``If it would have been a bunch of rich people in New
Orleans, I think there would have been a different response. I really do.''




"Intel Inside" <REMOVETHISBIT@com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone succeeded in downloading the iso using a different dl manager
> (ie. not akamai)?
>
>
> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
> news:CA36B474-D0E9-44C3-AE75-850EECD4CE42@microsoft.com...

>> Every time data is transmitted over the internet, there is a chance that
>> one or two bytes may go astray. Corruption of transmitted data is
>> possible any time. It's just one of those things that is out of our
>> control.
>>
>> --
>> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
>> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
>> "Schevenels Patrick" <pscheven@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news8C2CFAA-C841-4807-B96B-BC08709DD0F3@microsoft.com...

>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I downloaded Windows Vista Pre-RC1 using Akamai Download Manager on
>>> Windows Vista website but at the end of the download, the download
>>> manager tells me that the downlad is corrupt.
>>>
>>> I've checked the MD5 Checksum myself and it's wrong.
>>>
>>> I think I will download the file again but I would like to know what's
>>> the cause of this problem (I experienced the same problem with Beta 2 :
>>> I had to download it twice to have a good checksum)
>>>
>>> Thanks for your answers.
>>>
>>> Patrick Schevenels.

>>

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