Just built a PC and can view Inet but no downloading

[SloStenRacin]

I just recently built a PC....almost all parts are new from NewEgg.

All together, windows stable and running fine. Everything works but downloading programs from websites. I cannot download AIM. I cannot download Ad-Aware. It just goes to the downloading screen and goes no further than starting... in firefox or no bars of progress in IE.

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
2.42 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM


500 GB Seagate Hard Drive
Driver Provider:Microsoft
Driver Date:7/1/2001
Driver Version:5.1.2535.0

eVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Driver Provider:NVIDIA
Driver Date:12/10/2005
Driver Version:8.1.9.8

Sony DVD-ROM DDU1615
Driver Provider:Microsoft
Driver Date:7/1/2001
Driver Version:5.1.2535.0

DSL connection through local phone company (evidentally 10.0 Mbps) using a Linksys LNE100Tx Version 2.0 Fast Ethernet PCI Card.



Can someone please help me? More information (almost any) can be provided if needed.

[Miz]

Do you have a firewall running? If so, poke around in its settings to see if it is configured to block downloads of certain file types and change the setting.