Anyone having Atomica Slingshot and attempting to use it will see a message saying that Slingshot is to be discontinued shortly and inviting them to upgrade to GuruNet 4.1, which sounds like "Son of Slingshot".

I have tried twice to use their "update" link, which they say should take under a minute with my broadband connection. Several minutes later, however, the new program has still not installed, and on the last try it slightly upset my desktop. I use WinXP, and restarting the computer put things back where they should be.

Have other Atomica users had the same experience? Any suggestions/comments/advice? I am inclined to uninstall Atomica completely, though I have found Slingshot useful

Hi Ewood
Click on this link: http://www.gurunet.com/support_errors.html
It has all the info about downloading off the Gurunet site plus detailed explanation of errors and how to fix.

Many thanks, bedstor. Got it now. My firewall was interfering with the download.

I made the mistake of implementing the fixes on their site without waiting to see if they were needed. The fixes blocked access to the Internet, so I couldn't post this until I had unpicked the fixes!