Cheryl
I know this is a limited solution (sigh). Here is something that might help you.
If you can boot a Windows session on your Mac you should be able to boot Linux. 'Live CD's' with bootable Linux seem to be popular in my neck of the woods (Australia) in PC magazines. You put them in your CD...
A Solution to Codec Overrun
Greetings all. A solution to the codec overrun problem is to boot from Linux (I used Mepis 7.0 and the Konqueror Browser and booted on the PeeSea). I then downloaded the same .dmgs that wouldn't load and they worked fine! I had previously downloaded the same files...
