Sc00by P1

Does anyone here use Kazaa??

lpski1

Naa winmx, nice plain n simple.

jbryant

yes (well Kazaa Lite anyway) but only because I only have ISDN. For broadband I reckon DirectConnect is probably a better bet.

Eagle7

dont use kazaa
use kazaalite instead. it has the spyware removed

Chelsie-Bun

I use Winmx/napmix
i love the look of direct connect but can not use cos it keeps telling me i can not connect unless i share 40 kb wow..
Limwire is nice too but i can not share with it cos of my firewall.
Kazaa is bad unless you use the lite.

chel xxx

JackClark

Are they faster? Kazaa seems pretty slow.

Chelsie-Bun

Well a lot of the speed depends on what your speed is eg 56k etc, also you could both be DL at the same time from someone else.

chel xxx

super_si

direct connect annoyed me, as i cant rememeber who i got what off! So unless there on 24/7 its pretty hard to re trace as ive got 5 copies running of it

orbv

E-Donkey seems to be one of the best networks atm. http://www.edonkey2000.com/ The client is not very good so use E-Mule which is far better. http://www.emule-project.net/

Another option is overnet which uses a modified version of the e-donkey network with no servers. http://www.overnet.com/

Sc00by P1

I was usin Kazaa with narrowband...just got bb, now it`s just w4nk! Tried downloadin some film and the eta was bl00dy 752 hours! Crap! I thought it would be a lot faster...obviously not...
Ill try some of the suggestions..
Cheers
Steve

ChrisS/P1

Download time doesn't only depend on your download speed. It also depends on how busy (and fast) the server you are connecting to is.
I use KazaaLite. Seems to be one of the best. Best idea is to start of a number of downloads at the same time (same file - different location) and then cancel the slowest ones.

Chris

STi-Frenchie

Also, with KazaaLite, in the (version 2.0) installation folder, you'll find an .exe called SpeedUp (I think it's called that, I'm writing from work). The purpose of this is to launch Kazaa Lite and then at regular intervals do a "Find more sources..." on your downloads automatically. I find it works quite well and will often get d/l speeds almost up to my DSL limit.

gregjd

I have Kazaa Media Desktop on my machine. Is this the same as Kazaalite? Works well on broadband but the fact that it opens up automatically when I boot up my laptop (can't seem to stop this, is there a way, does Kazaalite do this?) is annoying (especially when I'm about to do a presentation or something at work.."ooh how did that get there?")

Greg

Eagle7

greg go into options, you can switch off 'load automatically at PC startup' or something similar.

kazaalite is based on kazaa with all the adware and spyware removed.

JackClark

Just started using Speedup, it's a winner. Some files that I've been waiting weeks for are now on their way down.

Sc00by P1

What, speed up on Kazaa??

Mr evolution

I-mesh is the best I've used but you do have to delete it in full every time you shut down your PC else it can wreck your computer you also have to delete the files it puts into your registry.

STi-Frenchie

I-Mesh is also full of spyware as are many other programs

I tend to steer well clear of anything that has spyware built in for obvious reasons.

A URL worth bookmarking is http://www.tom-cat.com/spybase/index.html - this is a fairly well maintained database of suspected and confirmed programs which install "stuff" behind your back.

Got spyware or suspect you have? Here's a good site with hints on how to rid yourself of the curse:

http://www.project-insomnia.com/

Look in the install Grokster/Kazaa without spyware section for the info you need.

Best protection is a personal firewall to stop programs you don't want connecting from doing so.

Happy Peer-to-Peering

[Edited by STi-Frenchie - 11/13/2002 7:41:58 PM]

DominicA

KAZALITE installed, what do i do now??? The search button is greyed out?? any ideas??

DominicA

it says connecting, but appears to be doing nothing.... firewall??

STi-Frenchie

Yup, quite possibly a firewall problem.

DominicA

probably firewall, so now using eMule, copied a server link in, what now... can u only connect to 1 server at a time??? if i wanna download a file it goes in the transfer list but doesn't do a lot..

STi-Frenchie

If it's a firewall problem and you are at work trying to use P-2-P then your network admins have probably closed off all the ports you'll need to use, so none of the P-2-P programs are likely to work

Can't help you with eMule as I've not used it. I have eDonkey but don't use it that often as I found my server list was getting out of date too often and just gave up on it.

[Edited by STi-Frenchie - 11/14/2002 6:26:06 PM]

kamikaze

for emule this page has 3 server lists
paste one of these lists in the "update server met "box
so effectively you have multiple servers

http://ed2k.2x4u.de/index.html

STi-Frenchie

From the KazaaLite site www.kazaalite.nl - if KazaaLite asks you to upgrade to version 2.0.2 choose NO. If you choose yes, then Kazaa will be downloaded/installed...along with the spyware.