M
M. Fontes
Good evening,
I live in the back woods in Vermont. There is no DSL or Cable connections.
Our phone service allows connections at best a robust 26kbaud! I am forced
to download my updates through this connection since you want to connect to
the target machine. I have a T1 connection at work. Since all of my update
downloads are multiple megabyte files it takes very long for the downloads.
I usually lose connection several times during downloads. My last windows
updates took at least 50 connections and subsequent disconnects to complete,
over a period of about 6 nights! I could have gotten them at work in just a
few minutes. At least the download manager remembered where I was when the
connection was lost. It could continue from that point.
Tonight I am trying to get updates for my outlook program and keep getting
kicked off before completion. This download program starts at the beginning
again, so I'm kind of dead in the water. I am not a novice. I have been
prgramming since the 70's and have developed with your products since C
version 1.
There are several options which could easily solve the problem for me and
the thousands in our position.
1. You could allow us to get some kind of code that we could enter after the
update system determines what our system requires for updates. We could
enter that code on a faster system, i.e. the workplace, and download the
update files necessary for installation on our home systems. (preferred
Method)
2. You could supply a SMART Download Manager like you have in the Windows
area that remembers where we are and allows us to continue. This gets by the
download failures. (at least we can do the download completely)
3. You could tell us how to disable the infernal 20 second " you have no
activity so we are going to cut you off" message. ( I keep falling asleep
and missing this message. I get a lot of terminations due to it. )
Please understand that not everone has access to the best tools. Sometimes
I think it would be better to live in third world countries than here. They
have better connections than are available to us.
I also need to know how to handle getting updates to machines in the field,
literally. Some machines are at satellite locations miles from phone lines.
How do I get files to update them without tearing them from their connections
and driving them "home"?
Sincerely,
M. Fontes
A
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I live in the back woods in Vermont. There is no DSL or Cable connections.
Our phone service allows connections at best a robust 26kbaud! I am forced
to download my updates through this connection since you want to connect to
the target machine. I have a T1 connection at work. Since all of my update
downloads are multiple megabyte files it takes very long for the downloads.
I usually lose connection several times during downloads. My last windows
updates took at least 50 connections and subsequent disconnects to complete,
over a period of about 6 nights! I could have gotten them at work in just a
few minutes. At least the download manager remembered where I was when the
connection was lost. It could continue from that point.
Tonight I am trying to get updates for my outlook program and keep getting
kicked off before completion. This download program starts at the beginning
again, so I'm kind of dead in the water. I am not a novice. I have been
prgramming since the 70's and have developed with your products since C
version 1.
There are several options which could easily solve the problem for me and
the thousands in our position.
1. You could allow us to get some kind of code that we could enter after the
update system determines what our system requires for updates. We could
enter that code on a faster system, i.e. the workplace, and download the
update files necessary for installation on our home systems. (preferred
Method)
2. You could supply a SMART Download Manager like you have in the Windows
area that remembers where we are and allows us to continue. This gets by the
download failures. (at least we can do the download completely)
3. You could tell us how to disable the infernal 20 second " you have no
activity so we are going to cut you off" message. ( I keep falling asleep
and missing this message. I get a lot of terminations due to it. )
Please understand that not everone has access to the best tools. Sometimes
I think it would be better to live in third world countries than here. They
have better connections than are available to us.
I also need to know how to handle getting updates to machines in the field,
literally. Some machines are at satellite locations miles from phone lines.
How do I get files to update them without tearing them from their connections
and driving them "home"?
Sincerely,
M. Fontes
A
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...6424d61bb6e1&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate