Windows 10 and browser behavior. At my wits' end.

[sajunky]

It could be that the latest browser's default HTML5 player or flash plugin can automatically play those extensions where they previously couldn't.

I thought the same, it is why I asked the first (unanswered) question.

 

[Geoff.D]

Thank you.

I'll run through this tonight!

Not on the Insider preview of the latest update by any chance? My laptops have Win 10 Pro 1511, version ****. 318.

Could you post a link to a download that is giving you a problem please?

BTW there seems to be a fairly good chance of a major win 10 update this week or next at the latest. The Insiders have had a preview of the update for some time already. ( *****.338)

Amongst other things, it is claimed that MS edge will be able to handle some extensions .....

 

[Rickster]

Upgrading brings in a lot of issues, thats why i avoid it at all costs.

 

[backstreetboy]

Upgrading brings in a lot of issues, thats why i avoid it at all costs.

I don't have any of the aforementioned issues... probably some app that he installed that screwed things up. I'll say clean install and start installing the apps one by one.

EDIT: that is why a upgrade is great first time round. You can see what apps you have installed aren't comparable etc. Makes things smoother come clean install time then you just cut those apps out if you can live without them.

 

[Orihalcon]

I don't have any of the aforementioned issues... probably some app that he installed that screwed things up. I'll say clean install and start installing the apps one by one.

EDIT: that is why a upgrade is great first time round. You can see what apps you have installed aren't comparable etc. Makes things smoother come clean install time then you just cut those apps out if you can live without them.

Did you even read my post? Both my systems were clean installs. From scratch. Full format. Clean. No extra apps installed.

 

[Orihalcon]

It could be that the latest browser's default HTML5 player or flash plugin can automatically play those extensions where they previously couldn't.

I've disabled the flash player and had same results. Will try it with the HTML 5 settings!

Does it work in any Website, or only specific one?
How it works in IE (not Edge)?
I had similar problems with Chrome and Win7. Don't remember details, possibly problem is with system default handling of metafile data.

In Chrome try:
chrome://settings/content
(Unsandboxed plugin access and Automatic downloads options)

I thought the same, it is why I asked the first (unanswered) question.

Thank you! Will try that tonight. And I did answer your question. See post 18.




I've got FireFox behaving like it should. So I HOPE that it's as simple playing around with the HTML built in player and disabling that. Could swear I've done that as it was the first solution Google offered, but I'll do it all the same.

 

[backstreetboy]

Did you even read my post? Both my systems were clean installs. From scratch. Full format. Clean. No extra apps installed.

Where I get hazy is this:

The problem: When I select to download a file in any browser (Edge, FF or Chrome)

Tested this with NetWorx open.

Even if IDM intercepts the link

Downloading programs - like steam, battle.net etc etc all

 

[Orihalcon]

Where I get hazy is this:

Ah.

Problem B.

Apologies.

I know that with a simple browser download once you click a link, right click save as etc the browser already starts to download header the file. It gets header data and all that. Which is fine since I want to download the file it can start downloading into cache while I name it and choose the save location. I was not aware that this is standard behaviour within all browsers. Makes sense.

However if I use IDM and the IDM dl box pops up and I select download later - at 01:00 for example - I don't expect the browser to download that file into the browsers cache as IDM will be doing the download.

If I download an iso file with IDM the browser will literally download the fulle 2gb file into cache and IDM will download it again. This is where NetWorx comes in as I monitored the data throughput to confirm the browser was downloading into cache.

My only way around this is to right click the link and download with IDM. If I left click and IDM intercepts I basically use double the bandwidth as it downloads into cache if I keep the browser open.

Hope the above was clear enough. I know...very confusing issue. Again this was not the behaviour previously as I queued up 10's of gbs during the day and my cap would have been depleted fast being on 100mb/s line.