In boot camp assistance download the latest windows support from apple is taking too long

I am trying to download the latest windows support software from apple in Boot Camp Assistance and is taking for ever. Any suggestions?

In this threadhttps://discussions.apple.com/message/16605226#16605226there's a link to download the BootCamp 4.0 Driver package.

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