# How do I speed up and/or stop an interminably slow "Saving Web Page" Process?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-speed-up-and-or-stop-an-interminably-slow-saving-web-page-process/346325 "2006-02-27T16:42:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-speed-up-and-or-stop-an-interminably-slow-saving-web-page-process/346325/1 "2006-02-27T16:42:02Z")

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Last night, I was trying to save/download a financial news article from CNN’s website.

So, I clicked on “save” and then the “Saving Web Page” window appears. And then it just sits there–and sits and sits–as my PC is trying to download the document.

Sometimes a good five minutes passes as my PC tries to save a single page.

What’s going on here? There’s something little to no graphics on these saved pages.

When I try to stop this process by clicking the “X” in the window, it doesn’t stop the process. Short of breaking my connection, how do I stop my HAL 9000 from trying to complete this aggravating downloading process?