Bootcamp Help: Windows Support Software takes a long time to download

I know download time depends on the internet speed but its weird. I have a mid 2012 13" Macbook Pro and I have tried numerous amount of times to install windows 7. Last night it downloaded within a few minutes, and I have a 3mbps dial-up wifi connection, and my mac died as I forgot to put it on the charger as windows was installing and so I had to remove the windows partition and I let it download the Widnows Support Software over night. It never finished and it still said it was trying to download. It never moved any further. I try and use my iPhone 4S Personal Hot Spot with a 4G plan and it still wouldn't download. And my hotspot is twice as fast as my home wifi network. Is there any way to find where the software is downloading to and then copy it in case this happens again?

Hi,
This could be also related add-ons.
Add-ons are apps that browsers use to interact with web content like videos and games. Incompatible or out-of-date add-ons might cause Internet Explorer to run slowly, crash, or prevent sites from displaying correctly. You might want to turn off all add-ons,
and then turn them back on only as you need them.
1.Open the desktop, and then tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
2.Tap or click the Tools button Tools button, and then tap or click Manage add-ons.
3.Under Show, tap or click All add-ons, and then select the add-on you want to turn off.
4.Tap or click Disable, and then tap or click Close
If issue persists, let’s try to reset Internet Explorer settings.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/reset-internet-explorer-settings
Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support

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