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Download size limit in Internet Explorer
This is a new one on me. Internet Explorer has an upper limit on the size of files that it can download. I used Firefox instead and it’s not exactly a common occurrence but one that surprised me none the less. Just as well the Windows 7 RC disc image was less than 4GB.
(It was a Linux ISO before anyone thinks I’m downloading movies illegally)
This bug has been fixed in Internet Explorer 8.
That is according to a Knowledge Base Article Here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298618
posted-by Phillip Munn | July 30, 2009 1:38 PM
I never knew there was a limit on the files we download, I learn alot from this post. I am also glad I am using IE8.
posted-by Danny | July 30, 2009 3:02 PM
Actual fix is located here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html
posted-by Heath Davis | August 1, 2009 3:32 PM
I was not aware of this problem in IE7. I have to switch to IE8 before i download some heavy file.
posted-by playpiano | August 3, 2009 12:51 PM
i, too, didn't realize there was a download limit but glad that microsoft saw the light and changed this before users switched to firefox!
posted-by John C | August 3, 2009 10:42 PM
(It was a Linux ISO before anyone thinks I’m downloading movies illegally.)
LOL. Is that altruism Tim?
Or a guilty conscience?
[Was it Fedora?]
posted-by David Elliott | August 4, 2009 7:13 PM
I have never come across a download limit this is news to me also
posted-by Jack | August 5, 2009 3:14 PM
Is there a way of knowing the size of total downloads I have made through Internet explorer?
I have a 5GB download limit on my wimax connection so i want to know how much downloads i have made and how much more i can do without exceeding the limit. The ISP does not have a notifier or any other service which tells us about the downloads.
posted-by Stretch Marks | August 11, 2009 9:34 AM
I think this bug has been fixed in Internet Explorer 8.
posted-by Mike Ashdown | August 13, 2009 6:10 PM
I never knew there was a limit on the files we download, I learn alot from this post. I am also glad I am using IE8
posted-by mary jones | August 14, 2009 3:34 AM
Hey!! is it so?? I was not at all aware of this.
posted-by Acai Berry | August 29, 2009 9:55 AM
Can somebody out there tell me how to reduce the maximum size downloadable in ie7.
posted-by Mzi | October 8, 2009 5:51 PM
in Internet Exploler 8 that bug not work's
posted-by ivan_98 | January 25, 2010 2:57 PM