GWX 2 download help request

[lotharbucheim]

Hi guys..forgive my ignorance..I am a self-confessed moron when it comes to computers. Please help : I am desperate to download GWX 2.0 and the 2.1 update. Every time I try any of the download links and press "Download Now"....nothing happens ..! I have tried right-click and "Save as" and still nothing happens. What am I doing wrong ? I am sure it's something simple, but unfortunately..so am I !
Many thanks in advance for your help..and huge thanks to the GWX team..I can't wait to play it. Best regards, Jim

[melnibonian]

Click on the link under my signature or on the signature itself. That will take you to a web site with all the download links of GWX. When you try to download the file make sure you don't have a pop-up blocker on your computer as they might block the download. If you don't want to disable the pop-up blocker then click on the Download Now box while you have the Ctrl (or Shift I am not 100% sure) button pressed. If that doesn't work give us a shout and we'll try to sort you out

Good luck :up:

[lotharbucheim]

Hi, and thank you for the reply. I did as you suggested, but still no joy. I have checked pop-up blockers and they are off. I am really sorry that I can't give you much more info..but when I click download ( whether with the shift or CTRL button on or off ) I just get a page opening up which stays blank. In the address bar this is what appears when I try to download the GWX2.1exe file

http://dodownload.filefront.com/10023861//eac96aa40f0a9769b3e7d43ac7ac50826055de9f1a2d3e2606 a46dac5e33ee819352dcb60001914b

[melnibonian]

Try download them from this location http://gwx.mysite.orange.co.uk/ (just in case my FF account is messed up)

BTW where do you live? If you cannot download the files we might arrange for a DVD to be sent to you

[wizardmatt]

hi OP. heres the configuration of software i use for browsing and download needs.
first of all go here

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/

and download and install firefox, configuring it to taste. its LOADS better than Internet Explorer. Firefox 3 is available, but its only a beta, so id stick with the link above, which is the latest firefox 2.

now open up firefox and connect to the net. go to TOOLS->ADDONS->GET EXTENSIONS (bottom right corner)->DOWNLOAD MANAGEMENT->SEE ALL DOWNLOAD MANAGMENT (MOST POPULAR FIRST) and download and install FlashGot. This software allows u to integrate external download management software directly into firefox.

go to

http://www.flashget.com/en/download.htm

and download and install FlashGet 1.9.6 (version 2 is available, but i think i remember reading somewhere that v2 is not as stable just yet). this is the actual Download Manager.

now configure your new software.
first you need to go to FlashGot's options, which are found in firefox's tools menu. somewhere in there is the option to choose and set your default DM. obviously, you want to set it to FlashGet.
Now open up FlashGet (it can be opened separately of firefox; when u install it u create an icon on ur desktop). somewhere in tools/options is the ability to set it as default download manager. u need to do this here as well cos it then integrates itself into IE, should u ever need to use IE instead of firefox.

that, my friend, is it! now when u click on download, FlashGet should take care of it. obviously, use GWX's website as the gateway to the files u need.
if u r still having problems with the download, then instead of clicking on the "download" button on the webpage, copy the URL of the webpage where the download button is located and paste it directly into FlashGet's URL bar. that should solve the problem.

some people like a "belt n braces" approach, ie. more than one DM. thats the cool thing about FlashGot, u can switch between them at will. Free Download Manager, available at

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

is a popular one.

hope this works for u, good luck!