Dark Avatar install - fails at samepoint everytime

Here is my error log - I keep retrying hopefully it works sooner or later.
I have made about 10 attempts. Is it me ? please help !

PS- why does the log say "Installed=false"

-- [Application] ----------------------------------------------------
Name: Stardock Central
Path: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral
Version: 2.30.376, build: 120

-- [System Information] ---------------------------------------------
Platform: Microsoft Windows Windows XP, 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Display: RADEON X800 Series
Driver Version: 8.203.0.0
System Dir: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Time / Date: 19:40:05 -- Saturday, November 18, 2006

-- [Installing] -----------------------------------------------------
Server: http://sdcentral.stardock.com
Server Dir: public
Network Id: drengin
Name: Dark Avatar (Expansion Pack) for Galactic Civilizations II
App Id: gc2
Installed: False
Version: 0.10.015
Type: production
Reg Key: GalCiv2
Install Dir: F:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2
Exe: DarkAvatar\DALaunch.exe
Last Updated: 11/16/2006



-- [Installation] ---------------------------------------------------
Download: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\data\public\gc2\production\gc2_DarkAvatar.xml 1
Load: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\data\public\gc2\production\gc2_DarkAvatar.xml 1
Download: C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 1 (already exists)
Extract C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 0 | Attempt: 1 | Extraction error 1
Download: C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 0 | Attempt: 1 | -30 Connection timed out
Download: C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 0 | Attempt: 2 | -30 Connection timed out
Download: C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 0 | Attempt: 3 | -30 Connection timed out
Server: Using other server http://sdcentral2.stardock.com
Download: C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 1
Extract C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 0 | Attempt: 2 | Extraction error 1
Download: C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 1
Extract C:\DOCUME~1\Dave\LOCALS~1\Temp\sdcentral\gc2_DarkAvatar.sdc 0 | Attempt: 3 | Extraction error 1
Result: Installation failed (33)
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Reply #1 Top
Do you have sufficient free space on your C: drive? You may also want to try manually setting SDC to use the US-2 server, since it seems it was having difficulty downloading from US-1 (Tools->Settings->Internet).
Reply #2 Top
That did not work for me when experiencing the exact same problems.
(Nor did I have any space problems unless of course the ~250Mb expansion somehow manages to come in a package >8Gb lol)
It does seem like a server problem on the Stardock side,,possibly from having too many people connected at the same time.

My solution was trying again day and a half later,,when most of USA were supposed to be asleep
No troubles whatsoever,,and a DL speed around 350 kb/s.