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The users on this forum will happily help you as much as we they with any computing problems that you may have, all we ask in return is if you would try and help out other members who ask for advice, and if that you have a good time whilst your here!
A lot of the time it does depend on where you are downloading from. If you get the options to select a mirror to download from, make sure you always chose one that is near by to you.
I'm not sure if it is just me or not, but I find my downloads to be faster in FireFox then in Internet Explorer.
Jam