On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Jinx wrote:

> No. I did not complete the second load of the file. I abandoned
> it after 11 minutes and it was less than 1/2 loaded. Cache was
> cleared after the first load. Plus I saved it as 16F452.pdf, not
> 39564a.pdf. I don't think it would be got from cache under a
> different name.

Caching is done based on the object's URL, which would be the same no
matter what name you gave it when saved.


> The fact remains that one load was 5 times
> faster than the connection would suggest it could be

Right, and I think that indicates it is getting at least partially pulled
from cache.  I believe Internet Exploder will also keep partial downloads
and resume from the point it left off if it can, but I could be wrong.

Try this: Clear your browser cache.  Kill the browser, delete files from
\windows\temp also.  Restart the browser and try it again.  Bet it's slow
again, or there's another cache I've forgotten.  Windows will bend over
backwards to keep from downloading the same thing twice.

Dale

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