XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.misc, alt.windows7.general, microsoft.   
   ublic.windowsxp.general   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 6/7/2024 10:50 AM, Auric__ wrote:   
   > Java Jive wrote:   
   >   
   >> On a whim yesterday, I decided to search for the filename parts of the   
   >> above URLs, and succeeded in finding copies to download.   
   > [snip]   
   >> All this suggests that there is a good chance that other downloads   
   >> previously thought to be broken may in fact be obtainable by suitable   
   >> searching.   
   >   
   > All of the "msecnd.net" links are 404 for me.   
   >   
      
   I tested one and it seemed to work (it was going to download but I closed it).   
      
   I don't remember the details, but some of the backups of large files   
   from Microsoft were damaged. If you get a large file that was supposed   
   to be 4.7GB say, and you grab the archive.org one and it is only 3GB,   
   that is not a fault of archive.org . On the day archive.org downloaded   
   the file, only 3GB of it was on the Microsoft server.   
      
   If you check dates in archive.org later on (after Microsoft fixed the server),   
   then you get the proper 4.7GB one.   
      
   Just some annoyance to spoil your day :-)   
      
      Paul   
      
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