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>This is a SWAG that might not apply to MSDN downloads, but have you tried downloading with a browser other than IE? Depending on what a given download manager actually is and how it needs to be invoked (e.g. ActiveX), using a non-IE browser can sometimes force complete bypass of the download manager. For the price of FireFox or Opera it might be worth a try ;)

You've got a point there. I may have to grab Firefox if that will skip the download manager.