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HP Updater - Won't....
12-01-2009 2:46 PM
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Just wondered if anyone else has problems with downloads & installing updates from HP.
Other downloads ain't supersonic but usually take no more than an hour dependant on size.
HP Updates of about 3 MB take me about 24hrs to download then usually installation fails!
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12-01-2009 2:58 PM
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12-01-2009 5:23 PM
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3MB taking 24hrs but ONLY for HP! Adobe updates of a similar size are supersonic and all others are acceptable.
As I write this it is at 2.138 MB, it's been running since yesterday evening about 7pm.
I recently bought a registry cleaner which blitzed a trojian horse and two other programs named "trojan". And yes I use both a well-known antivirus and firewall program but obviously they didn't work.
My overall speed is now improved since this "blitz" but HP downloads are still at dark ages speeds for me.
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12-01-2009 7:20 PM
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Do you know the exact url of the download?
Open a cmd/dos box and do a tracert of the url and redirect the o/p to a text file, might be useful in diagnosis. Don't know if anyone else has any bright ideas.
What AV and FW are you using?
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12-01-2009 9:01 PM
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Could someone assist me with how to open a dos box and redirect the o/p(?) to a text file. I'm a bit stuck. Much appreciated.
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12-01-2009 9:46 PM
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Unfortunate I didn't manage to open a dos box as didn't know how. (with myself for not posting this first thing this am!)
Web address below I copied when asked to provide feedback by HP. I did say it had taken a day to download & 5 minutes to install.
http://h20157.www2.hp.com/ediags/HPSU3/home.aspx
If anyone can explain brightspark's instructions will do this next time as HP Updates always take between 6+ hours to 24 hours or so and would love to help myself & any others with this problem.
Thanks for your responses. It's kept me smiling & stopped me pulling all my hair out.
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12-01-2009 10:22 PM
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Type "tracert [url of site] > [filename.txt]" without the quotes, where [url of site] is the url of the download site without the brackets, filename.txt is a name of your choice eg. trace.txt without the brackets, and > is the redirect symbol.
The file will get saved in the folder/directory indicated by the prompt. This maybe your Desktop, it maybe Windows etc. HTH.
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13-01-2009 12:58 AM
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How to open a Dos prompt is described in Plusnet's Help and Support pages here with the procedure for copying the output to a text file following (redirection is also mentioned).
Descriptions for using ping (various forms), traceroute and other troubleshooting tools follow.
Since you run McAfee Firewall I suggest turning off Windows firewall. Running more than one can cause problems.
David
Re: HP Updater - Won't....
13-01-2009 11:41 PM
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Have you tried any other HP downloads from that site? This won't cheer you up - but my HP printer has been giving me some niggling issues lately, so I thought I'd have a look for any updates and used your link. Searched and found a complete package 16M which I downloaded in 1m21s at 0745 today, sorry :-[.
Try downloading something else, anything, maybe the latest complete software for your printer rather than an update sometime. Try doing it at an offpeak time for your broadband package to see how things go.
Regards.
Re: HP Updater - Won't....
16-01-2009 11:38 PM
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When I'm feeling a tad more optimistic I might try another download from HP site, perhaps around 6am on a Sunday morning.
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