Re: problems downloading new winamp 5.09
- From: "Brian Olesen" <b_o@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:48:23 +0200
Hi Chris,
Well I've downloaded from you total trouble free some time, so please don't
mind.
Best regards
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: problems downloading new winamp 5.09
> Just to clear this up!!! It was NOT a bogus file. I DO NOT, and never
> will,
> put bogus files on my website.
> So if you get it from me you can rest assured that it is the real deal.
> The
> fact that this is even being put into question saddens me. I want people
> to
> be able to trust me. Look, like i said before folks, I only provide this
> as
> a service. I'm not the maker of the program itself, I just distribute it
> because Winamp.com makes you jump through a lot of hoops to get the
> file. So, if you wanna lay blame, blame Nullsoft/aol for putting out a
> shitty product. It's not my fault.
>
>
>
>
> At 05:05 PM 5/22/2005, you wrote:
>>Bruce,
>>
>>I have downloaded versions from Chris on2 occasions; I have always had
>>problems. It may be my system, it may be the Internet, it may be a bogus
>>file. I am not trying to flame, rather, I just want to see our list owner
>>do us right, when he can. I am not saying it is his fault and I am a rank
>>novice, who just wants to see things go smoothly! This ought to be easier
>>that it has been, don't you think? Win Ampp is a good program, not that
>>easy to use, but, it should run smoother, as long as it is still around!
>>That, in itself, is another topic!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>-Mac------ Original Message -----
>>From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
>>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 2:49 PM
>>Subject: Re: problems downloading new winamp 5.09
>>
>>
>>Easy, easy. Chris did not have a corrupted version of the file. There was
>>something really weird about that file, no matter where you downloaded it
>>from, that made it not download completely all the time. I had the same
>>problem the first time I downloaded that particular file from winamp.com,
>>the second attempt I did not. I had an easy link for others to download
>>it, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Some people were able to
>>download it from betanews, others got the incomplete file. I can't explain
>>it, but there were problems with that file (occasionally) no matter where
>>you got it from.
>>
>>Bruce
>>
>>--
>>Bruce Toews
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>>
>>On Sun, 22 May 2005, Mac Norins wrote:
>>
>> > Chris,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the update, on what you have been experiencing! However,
>> > you
>> > should also not offer to give anyone a link to the new version, through
>> > your Toonhead link, unless you are ABSOLUTELY (Capital letters are
>> > mine )
>> > sure that you are not offering a corrupted version, as you did last
>> > week!!!
>> > I went through the same problems, that some of these other subscribers,
>> > to
>> > your list, are going through, which led me to ask you for the link
>> > again
>> > (a
>> > post that you did not respond to, probably because you were busy
>> > clearing
>> > up
>> > the problem, no doubt!), when I first discovered the "freeze-up, but
>> > didn't
>> > want to make any more fuss!! So, what I am really trying to say is
>> > that
>> > you
>> > ought to be really sure that you have a clean version, to offer to list
>> > subscribers, long before you really offer it; test it, test it, test
>> > it!
>> >
>> > I know that this is not always possible, but, think of all of the
>> > trouble
>> > it
>> > might save us novice users out here!
>> >
>> > Thanks So Much ,
>> >
>> > Mac Norins
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 12:23 AM
>> > Subject: Re: problems downloading new winamp 5.09
>> >
>> >
>> > hi. It's always always always a good idea to save the installers to
>> > your
>> > hard drive. There is a bug in the newest Winamp 5.091 which, on mine
>> > and a
>> > few other systems causes the entire system to lock up if you try rfast
>> > forwarding very quickly through a long file. I thought it was just a
>> > fluke
>> > the first time around, but when I actually tried to crash the system, I
>> > did
>> > it and it was the same thing. So if you experience that same problem,
>> > just
>> > go back to your previous version and everything should be just fine.
>> > This
>> > isn't true for all systems of course, so if you're not experiencing
>> > that
>> > problem, do nothing. Keep right on using it if it works for you. Only
>> > downgrade if your entire system locks up during a fast forward or
>> > rewind
>> > through a file.
>> >
>> > At 12:53 AM 5/22/2005, you wrote:
>> >> Hi Rich;
>> >>
>> >> I experienced the same problem and, I found that I had to be sure that
>> >> the
>> >> previous version of JAWS was not running.
>> >>
>> >> Also, instead of saving a copy and then installing that file, I had to
>> >> run
>> >> the copy right from the site I was downloading.
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps.
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely
>> >>
>> >> Anthony
>> >>
>> >> @
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "richard kurlander" <rkurlander@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 12:51 AM
>> >> Subject: problems downloading new winamp 5.09
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> when I tried downloading win amp 5.091 from the winamp.com site and
>> >>> tried
>> >>> to run it the full version I keep getting nsis error saying to me
>> >>> that
>> >>> the
>> >>> copy may be corrupt or damaged disk or virus get another copy
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> No virus found in this outgoing message.
>> >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
>> >>> Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date:
>> >>> 5/20/2005
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