Vista - Vista Beta 2 hangs at 99% download

I have been trying to download English Beta 2 (x86) and everytime it stops at
0.5MB remaining (99% complete). I have plenty of disk space available, it
just won't complete this last .5 MB. Can anyone help me past this problem?

Thanks!

How long have you waited for it to complete? You could leave it overnight
(just to be extra sure), or you could go through the options, make sure that
the FTM icon is on the deskop, close down FTM then open it up again and it
should resume.

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"Debbie Wilkins" <Debbie Wilkins@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B78EAAD0-AAD9-42AD-B52F-3FE7BB2A9CA2@microsoft.com...
>I have been trying to download English Beta 2 (x86) and everytime it stops
>at
> 0.5MB remaining (99% complete). I have plenty of disk space available, it
> just won't complete this last .5 MB. Can anyone help me past this
> problem?
>
> Thanks!

I've actually let it sit over night and all day. It gets through the 3200 MB
without problem and just stops. I haven't had any issues with the CTPs or
previous beta releases. I haven't tried the FTM icon so I'll give that a
shot. Thanks for your response!

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> How long have you waited for it to complete? You could leave it overnight
> (just to be extra sure), or you could go through the options, make sure that
> the FTM icon is on the deskop, close down FTM then open it up again and it
> should resume.
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Debbie Wilkins" <Debbie Wilkins@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B78EAAD0-AAD9-42AD-B52F-3FE7BB2A9CA2@microsoft.com...
> >I have been trying to download English Beta 2 (x86) and everytime it stops
> >at
> > 0.5MB remaining (99% complete). I have plenty of disk space available, it
> > just won't complete this last .5 MB. Can anyone help me past this
> > problem?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
>

I am having the same problem. I have tried wth the recommended
download manager and a 3rd party one. Anyone know what is going on
here. When I resume, it reconnects for a second or 2, and then stops.
It eventually times out.

Debbie Wilkins wrote:
> I've actually let it sit over night and all day. It gets through the 3200 MB
> without problem and just stops. I haven't had any issues with the CTPs or
> previous beta releases. I haven't tried the FTM icon so I'll give that a
> shot. Thanks for your response!
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
> > How long have you waited for it to complete? You could leave it overnight
> > (just to be extra sure), or you could go through the options, make surethat
> > the FTM icon is on the deskop, close down FTM then open it up again andit
> > should resume.
> >
> > --
> > Zack Whittaker
> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> > that up!
> >
> > --: Original message follows :--
> > "Debbie Wilkins" <Debbie Wilkins@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B78EAAD0-AAD9-42AD-B52F-3FE7BB2A9CA2@microsoft.com...
> > >I have been trying to download English Beta 2 (x86) and everytime it stops
> > >at
> > > 0.5MB remaining (99% complete). I have plenty of disk space available, it
> > > just won't complete this last .5 MB. Can anyone help me past this
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >

I came across the same problem and simply paused the download, then resumed
it again. I then instantly went to 100% and finished. Appears to be a bug in
the download manager