Ranier,

That worked!  (changing the '.' to '%2e').

Thanks a lot.  I owe you a beer.

--Dan


Rainer Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Did you check the size and at least one of the ckecksums?
>
> If it comes from some broken caching, you could try to replace the 
> download URL with an equivalent one, hoping that the proxy doesn't 
> normalize the url. E.g.
>
> http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-5/v5.5%2e17/bin/apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe
>
> (note the %2e replacing a '.').
>
> Regards,
>
> Rainer
>
> Daniel Schwartz wrote:
> > Ranier (and Mark),
> > 
> > Thanks, again.  But I'm still stumped.
> > 
> > I've downloaded apache-tomcat-5.5.25.exe and it works just fine.  This
> > indicates that the Windows installer is okay.
> > 
> > But apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe gives me that error message (on two different
> > machines).  It just seems like that particular file has some kind of
> > problem.
> > 
> > I don't understand
> > 
> >   "Maybe a proxy between you and archive.apache.org has a bad file in its
> >    cache?"
> > 
> > How would I deal with this?
> > 
> > --Dan Schwartz
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Rainer Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello Daniel,
> >>
> >> Daniel Schwartz wrote:
> >>> Hello Mark,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the quick reply.
> >>>
> >>> When I try to execute apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe on WinXP or Win 2003 
> >>> Server,
> >>> I get 
> >> the message:
> >>>   NSIS Error:
> >>>   The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.
> >>>   This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a 
> >>> virus.
> >>>   ...
> >> The correct file metadata on archives.apache.org are:
> >>
> >> Size: 5090572 Bytes
> >> MD5: 0bb2827c5eacf570b6064e24e0e6653b
> >> SHA1: 7d31f66efb22b2fa60490e3bed7019c0a2b3cee4
> >> SHA256: 5b808abd5b7a3d561d690bba97c4c428215013e7f2e26ddd911e1cf63580ed90
> >>
> >> The size of the file is close to the earlier and later versions.
> >>
> >> I can download and it works on my Windows system.
> >>
> >>> I've tried redoing the download several times, and still get this message.
> >>> I don't understand why it works for you and not for me.  I'm fairly sure I
> >>> don't have a virus.  Can you help?
> >> Maybe a proxy between you and archive.apache.org has a bad file in its 
> >> cache?
> >>
> >>> Also, what do you mean by "cross post"?
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post
> >>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> --Dan Schwartz
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Rainer
>
>
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> Did you check the size and at least one of the ckecksums?
>
> If it comes from some broken caching, you could try to replace the 
> download URL with an equivalent one, hoping that the proxy doesn't 
> normalize the url. E.g.
>
> http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-5/v5.5%2e17/bin/apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe
>
> (note the %2e replacing a '.').
>
> Regards,
>
> Rainer
>
> Daniel Schwartz wrote:
> > Ranier (and Mark),
> > 
> > Thanks, again.  But I'm still stumped.
> > 
> > I've downloaded apache-tomcat-5.5.25.exe and it works just fine.  This
> > indicates that the Windows installer is okay.
> > 
> > But apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe gives me that error message (on two different
> > machines).  It just seems like that particular file has some kind of
> > problem.
> > 
> > I don't understand
> > 
> >   "Maybe a proxy between you and archive.apache.org has a bad file in its
> >    cache?"
> > 
> > How would I deal with this?
> > 
> > --Dan Schwartz
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Rainer Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello Daniel,
> >>
> >> Daniel Schwartz wrote:
> >>> Hello Mark,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the quick reply.
> >>>
> >>> When I try to execute apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe on WinXP or Win 2003 
> >>> Server,
> >>> I get 
> >> the message:
> >>>   NSIS Error:
> >>>   The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.
> >>>   This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a 
> >>> virus.
> >>>   ...
> >> The correct file metadata on archives.apache.org are:
> >>
> >> Size: 5090572 Bytes
> >> MD5: 0bb2827c5eacf570b6064e24e0e6653b
> >> SHA1: 7d31f66efb22b2fa60490e3bed7019c0a2b3cee4
> >> SHA256: 5b808abd5b7a3d561d690bba97c4c428215013e7f2e26ddd911e1cf63580ed90
> >>
> >> The size of the file is close to the earlier and later versions.
> >>
> >> I can download and it works on my Windows system.
> >>
> >>> I've tried redoing the download several times, and still get this message.
> >>> I don't understand why it works for you and not for me.  I'm fairly sure I
> >>> don't have a virus.  Can you help?
> >> Maybe a proxy between you and archive.apache.org has a bad file in its 
> >> cache?
> >>
> >>> Also, what do you mean by "cross post"?
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-post
> >>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> --Dan Schwartz
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Rainer
>
>
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