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trying to download from Registration Benefit Portal

I tried to download the e-book including Build a Program Now! and all I got was a mess that was call Download Description.aspx.  Then I tried to buy the book from MSDN and could not. I finally ordered the whole book at Barnes & Noble. 
Getting the "benefits" from registration is turning out to be more difficult than it should be.
All I really want is to get some good basic ideas about how to use Visual Basic 2005 Express and I am not having much luck getting them.  Does anyone have any good suggestions about getting good  beginning materials  



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trying to download from Registration Benefit Portal

  • craig kelly-soens xpectworld.com

    Are you using Internet Explorer   The File Transfer Manager is installed via ActiveX which is only supported by Internet Explorer.  I encountered the same problem with Firefox.  When I used IE, it worked flawlessly.

  • SteveMargolis

    I downloaded the file and installed FTM - I got the statement that it was installed, but I am not able to find it on my computer. Then I went back and tried to download the e-book and the result was no different.  I still got nothing. Perhaps I did something incorrectly, but I got no warnings or statements that anything was wrong. 
    Thanks for the reply, but it did not work.  I will not try again. It is a waste of my time.

  • Talwalkar

    I had a similar problem. The download description.aspx is a file that is used to lauch the MS File Transfer Manager (FTM)  on  your local machine. You have to have the FTM installed first. You can find it at http://transfers.one.microsoft.com/ftm/default.aspx target=install .  In my case, it kept failing because I didn't have FTM installed and I use a regular user account instead of an admin account for my day-to-day activities, so FTM wouldn't install automatically.

    You have to be administrator to install the FTM. So log in as admin and follow the link above. Install the FTM .  You also have to watch out for the popup and activeX notifications in IE during the install if you are using XP SP2 and grant them at least one-time permission for the install to complete. After the FTM is installed, you should be able to go back to your regular user account and download the content.

     

  • PMace

    make a new link and type :

    "C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\TransferMgr.exe"

    Start the manager and go to the download-page, this works.

    Andre


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