Problem solved. I had upgraded my copy of Download Express (a download manager) and it turned out this was the problem. Presume a bug. Just happened that Kicad was the first file I tried to download after the upgrade. Removed Download Express and no more problems.
Now to explore Kicad. Thank you very much for the reference whoever gave it.
regards
Graeme
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Barnes" <jim@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Do you have a good virus checker running? I HAVE seen viruses that turn
> off computers, as well as doing other nasty things. Run a manual scan.
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> Jim
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> From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Trethan
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:00 AM
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: PCB layout & component rotation
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> Certainly looks that way:
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> 20/03/2009 23:13 40697028 KiCad-2009-02-16-final-WinXP_autoinstall.zip
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> In any event, there should never be no such file that shuts your
> computer off. Very odd indeed.
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> Try using the HTTP download if you used FTP, or FTP if you used HTTP:
> <http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/>
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> Or try using another browser to download.
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> ST
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> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:54 AM, zl1gbb <zl1gbb@...
> <mailto:zl1gbb%40gmail.com> > wrote:
> > Greetings
> > Does Kicad run under Windows? I tried downloading and it would get
> about 10% through the download then my computer would switch off. Never
> had this happen before but happened more than once so not an aberration.
> Might be explained if the program is designed to run under a special
> environment, hence my question. Very odd, though.
> >
> > Tinycad does have provision for both metric and imperial. Maybe you
> had an old version?
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> > cheers
> > Graeme
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