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At least w/MS's download manager, I believe they set up their own torrents to speed (when they went from an entire CD to and entire DVD sized downloads).
Fastest I ever got from them was about 2.5M/sec
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Why don't they just let you download the torrent file then?
2.5M/sec is kind of bad though, I can seed faster than that without even using a seedbox.
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The download manager is still there. I just used it last week. Did you try downloading via Internet Explorer? Or did you use a different browser. My experience is that with Chrome, it's just a bog-standard browser download. Gotta use IE if you want to use the manager.
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I haven't for a while (6 months or so) but previously never had a prob downloading from MSDN - just before my subscription ran out I downloaded tons of stuff, just to make sure I had copies locally and they all came down smoothly.
The only time I had problems was on day 1 or 2 of some popular new release when every man and his dog was downloading.
So maybe it's you? 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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DaveAuld wrote: Pretty handy if you are planning to fly your kite...............
Or a serious photographer, they can be a little tricky to capture.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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What, Kites?
Big net, long stick. No problem.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Cool!...thanks for the link
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Very cool! I switched off the "sound" option as I run my machine muted in the office. Does it actually go "Bang!" or something like that?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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it clicks with each detection.
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Good grief, some of those detectors pick up lightning strikes from a thousand or more miles away. How in the world is that possible?
Marc
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No Africa. That's a racist link.
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First time 2 screens at home! 
(While I am at it, they are 2 27" screen with 2560x1440 pixels resolution)
And tomorrow new computer (at post office now)! With "only" 480GB SSD! (And 3TB HDD)
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Congrats, ready to rock and roll now!
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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yeah baby yeah! 
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nah, at the moment I am using my old PC (which is quite OK in fact) I am going to gift it to someone (who offered me a brand new high res screen as thanks). My current video car is not quite up to the task and one screen is "low res" for now (1920x1080) it's strange though... I wonder if it's the HDMI cable which limits it?!?
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Not the cable: check the video card and monitor. They both need to be HDMI 1.4 or above to support resolutions above 1920x1080 - you would probably be better going with a dual DVI-D setup if you can for WQXGA (2560x1600)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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The (upcoming) new PC has a video card with 2 HDMI and one DisplayPort output, so I shall be ok! 
As for the HDMI cable it's 4 years old (my friend told me), so maybe it's the problem...
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If the video card it's connected to is the same age, then it may not be 1.4 - the first products with that came out at the end of 2009.
I'd wait till tomorrow and see what you get with the new PC first.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: install all the damn software all over again
Indeed... 
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Super Lloyd wrote: 2 27" screen with 2560x1440 pixels resolution
Nice.
I'm currently running three 24" 1920x1200 monitors (off of my Surface Pro, my daily driver)--next time I change monitors, I'll be looking at LG's (almost 4K) 34" 21:9 display (or whatever's newer by then). Anyone use that yet?
Review here[^]
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Nice too! 3440x1440 ....
Mm.... you don't need to buy 2 screens with that one, I think there are enough pixel to run 2 VS side by side from the start!
I would say it's good choice! 
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Mmm... my 2 screens together cost about 60% of that one!
I think I will stick for dual screen for now! :P
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