As a matter of interest, I’ve just re-downloaded LibreOffice 4.4.1 using the Main Installer (i.e. the MSI file directly rather than via a Torrent) from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ without any problems.

Have you cleared out your temp files? (in case you are running out of temporary environment space and the file download hasn’t enough space to convert itself from a temporary download file to the actual MSI file). If not, try something like CCleaner which will clear out the temporary files cache for both System and your profile (and browser cache at the same time).

(The OpenOffice installer is only 127 Mb compared to LibreOffice’s 219 Mb filesize.)

Hope this helps…

CCleaner is used here regularly. True, maybe, about size of OO and LO files … but the point is LO won’t go past 4.5 Mb and the download stops. OO will download with no problem. So free space hardly seems to be the problem. … I have plenty of free space. I also used the same link you did.

I am downloading it now from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ and the big green Download button, doesn’t seem to be any problem. I’ve used OpenOffice in the past but prefer LibreOffice due to support for Microsoft Works files, have version 4.3 installed now.

I have 4.3 .. got it some time ago with no problem. Now I have tried getting 4.4.1. Can’t figure why it stops so precisely at the same point in the download.

theres a second option which i presonally prefer , you could go download portableapps installer and download libreoffice through it, there its on a seperate mirror from the actual libre office official mirror, and its got the advantage of being portable aka not having resources being flung around throughout your system

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable/

http://portableapps.com/news/2014-09-10–portableapps.com-platform-12.0.5-released

Is that for use on desktops … or mobile equipment?

? what kind of question is that , its for desktop of course, isnt that what youve asked for? or are you running w7/xp on you mobile?

Sorry … I just saw the “portableapps.com” name … and wondered. … No offence intended.

Al, I suspect some security software, either currently installed or a remnant from a previous install, is responsible for this. Try looking at the loaded .dll’s in your browser when downloading with Process Explorer, you might pick out the software responsible.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

I checked the router log, and it appears from that, for some reason LibreOffice tries to send ICQ messages shortly after download begins. When that fails (I have no IM software installed) it seems the download fails. Might be coincidence but the log shows the combination each time. Don’t see why ICQ messages are necessary for a download. Never run into that before.

Wonder if it’s because one is being loaded on top of an existing installation and the older version needs to be uninstalled first ?

No. The dowload goes to the download folder. Then that is clicked and the install begins.

When double-clicking the downloaded file LibreOffice_4.4.1_Win_x86.msi it starts the install process and part of it is if you have a previous version installed you’ll see it removing files before installing the new ones. Same for installing on Mac OS X, get a prompt about replacing the older version first.

I have no IM, ICQ or IRC running at the time.

I’m not getting as far as the install. The download quits at 4.5MB, leaving only a partial file in the download folder. About 2% of the total file. Something is stopping LO that doesn’t stop anything else that I download. And my only clue are those router log entries. Doesn’t make any sense to me, but. (shrug).
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What makes you think it’s Libre Office sending those ICQ messages, have you double-checked with Process Explorer or Resource Monitor to verify/trace them back to source?

Yes. I attempted downloads from 5 different mirrors. Checked the log and there were ICQ messages. The IP3#2 all track back to the mirrors.

What makes you think it’s Libre Office sending those ICQ messages, have you double-checked with Process Explorer or Resource Monitor to verify/trace them back to source?

Thanks for the link. Same thing happened … exactly 4.567MB and the download stopped. All the mirrors are undoubtedly perfect. Just won’t, for some crazy reason, work for me. I really would like to have OL 4.4.1, but I guess under the circumstances I am forced to stay with Open Office. .. Ho hum. … Unless I stumble on some little quirk somewhere. … Seems to me any security item would stop the download at the beginning if it was going to do it, not wait until 4.567MB. … I have disabled firewall, and antivirus while downloading. Doesn’t help. And this happens on 2 computers, different OS. … Thanks for the attempts to help. Appreciate it.

From what I saw on Google Search maybe it’s ICQ blocking a port? Will it work if Task Manager is used to End Process of ICQ?

Except there is no ICQ or any other IM software on these computers. I do have skype on the one (not active at this time) but not on the second computer, and problem happens on both. So it is not skype. And, as I say, there are no IM programs on this machine.