Andy.T
March 28th 03, 07:16 PM
You could try using Kazaa lite it has no spywhere and search results out
perform winmx, plus there are no queue's on Kazaa where as in winmx you are
forever in queues. I use version 1.72 of KazaaLite and am very happy with it
"darkprince13" > wrote in message
...
> Kazaa is not only full of spyware but it also allows worms and viruses to
> easily attach themselves the the kazaa dat file. Once this happens, the
rest
> of the files you have downloaded from kazaa gets infected.
> Do Not Use KAZAA!! if you insist on using a p2p program, use winmx... it
> doesn't install spy ware and my antivirus programs have never picked up a
> worm or a virus.
>
> "Jupiter Jones" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Kevin;
> > My suggestion is to dump Kazaa.
> > I have yet to see one compelling reason to even try Kazaa much less
> > use Kazaa.
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones
> > An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> > Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> > "Kevin Franken" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > I'm new to Kazaa.
> > >
> > > Why do Kazaa downloads "fail"? If you have a download that fails
> > and
> > > then you close Kazaa and turn off your PC, turn it back on and open
> > > Kazaa, will the "failed" downloads still be in the Traffic window or
> > > will they be deleted/removed because they previously "failed"? I've
> > > noticed that downloads that are "completed" are in fact removed from
> > > the Traffic window if you close Kazaa, turn off then turn back on
> > your
> > > PC, and reopen Kazaa. If the same ting happens with "failed"
> > > downloads, I don't know what files I've already lost and may lose
> > > again in the future. I never told Kazaa to remove the file or
> > cancel
> > > the download, so I hope that Kazaa keeps the "failed" .dat file for
> > > another/later attempt to successfully download the file rather than
> > > remove/delete it. Anyone know what happens?
> > >
> > > Also, I have an external hard drive - Western Digital 120 GB - 7200
> > > RPM USB 2.0 Drive - that I plug into my laptop. I run Kazaa from my
> > > laptop now and it saves to my laptop's C drive. Is there a way I
> > can
> > > run Kazaa and save my Kazaa downloads to my external hard drive?
> > What
> > > cables would I need?
> > >
> > > Also, are Kazaa downloads faster if the hard drive you are saving
> > the
> > > downloads to has more space than less space? In other words, would
> > he
> > > download be faster if one had 2 GB of free space versus 1 GB?
> > >
> > > Also, are Kazaa downloads slower if your hard drive is very
> > fragmented
> > > - hasn't been defragmented in awhile?
> > >
> > > Also, why, if I allow 30 downloads at a time, does it show only 4 in
> > > the window, with those 5 being only about 2Kb/s even though I am on
> > a
> > > university system that normally is very fast - I can usually get up
> > to
> > > 50kb/s download and allow 60+Kb/s uploads? And these low in number
> > > and slow downloads happen at a time when no one is uploading any
> > files
> > > from me. I allow 30 downloads, but the Traffic window screen only
> > > shows 4 actively downloading (I see the progress column). Although,
> > > when I look in my Shared folder, it shows many Kazaa download files
> > > were "modified" (had data added to them) at the same time the
> > Traffic
> > > window only showed about 4 being downloaded (and the bottom left
> > > corner says maybe 10 files are being downloaded. But I allow 30!!
> > > Why all these discrepancies?
> > >
> > > Also, I use Kazaa now but heard that Kazaa Lite was faster. I have
> > > many partial/incomplete downloads left in my Kazaa Traffic window.
> > If
> > > I switched to Kazaa Lite, would those partial/incomplete downloads
> > > from Kazaa be saved and still continue to run/complete the download
> > on
> > > Kazaa Lite, or would switching delete those files and I'd have to
> > > start downloading the files from scratch?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Kevin
> >
> >
>
>
perform winmx, plus there are no queue's on Kazaa where as in winmx you are
forever in queues. I use version 1.72 of KazaaLite and am very happy with it
"darkprince13" > wrote in message
...
> Kazaa is not only full of spyware but it also allows worms and viruses to
> easily attach themselves the the kazaa dat file. Once this happens, the
rest
> of the files you have downloaded from kazaa gets infected.
> Do Not Use KAZAA!! if you insist on using a p2p program, use winmx... it
> doesn't install spy ware and my antivirus programs have never picked up a
> worm or a virus.
>
> "Jupiter Jones" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Kevin;
> > My suggestion is to dump Kazaa.
> > I have yet to see one compelling reason to even try Kazaa much less
> > use Kazaa.
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones
> > An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> > Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> > "Kevin Franken" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > I'm new to Kazaa.
> > >
> > > Why do Kazaa downloads "fail"? If you have a download that fails
> > and
> > > then you close Kazaa and turn off your PC, turn it back on and open
> > > Kazaa, will the "failed" downloads still be in the Traffic window or
> > > will they be deleted/removed because they previously "failed"? I've
> > > noticed that downloads that are "completed" are in fact removed from
> > > the Traffic window if you close Kazaa, turn off then turn back on
> > your
> > > PC, and reopen Kazaa. If the same ting happens with "failed"
> > > downloads, I don't know what files I've already lost and may lose
> > > again in the future. I never told Kazaa to remove the file or
> > cancel
> > > the download, so I hope that Kazaa keeps the "failed" .dat file for
> > > another/later attempt to successfully download the file rather than
> > > remove/delete it. Anyone know what happens?
> > >
> > > Also, I have an external hard drive - Western Digital 120 GB - 7200
> > > RPM USB 2.0 Drive - that I plug into my laptop. I run Kazaa from my
> > > laptop now and it saves to my laptop's C drive. Is there a way I
> > can
> > > run Kazaa and save my Kazaa downloads to my external hard drive?
> > What
> > > cables would I need?
> > >
> > > Also, are Kazaa downloads faster if the hard drive you are saving
> > the
> > > downloads to has more space than less space? In other words, would
> > he
> > > download be faster if one had 2 GB of free space versus 1 GB?
> > >
> > > Also, are Kazaa downloads slower if your hard drive is very
> > fragmented
> > > - hasn't been defragmented in awhile?
> > >
> > > Also, why, if I allow 30 downloads at a time, does it show only 4 in
> > > the window, with those 5 being only about 2Kb/s even though I am on
> > a
> > > university system that normally is very fast - I can usually get up
> > to
> > > 50kb/s download and allow 60+Kb/s uploads? And these low in number
> > > and slow downloads happen at a time when no one is uploading any
> > files
> > > from me. I allow 30 downloads, but the Traffic window screen only
> > > shows 4 actively downloading (I see the progress column). Although,
> > > when I look in my Shared folder, it shows many Kazaa download files
> > > were "modified" (had data added to them) at the same time the
> > Traffic
> > > window only showed about 4 being downloaded (and the bottom left
> > > corner says maybe 10 files are being downloaded. But I allow 30!!
> > > Why all these discrepancies?
> > >
> > > Also, I use Kazaa now but heard that Kazaa Lite was faster. I have
> > > many partial/incomplete downloads left in my Kazaa Traffic window.
> > If
> > > I switched to Kazaa Lite, would those partial/incomplete downloads
> > > from Kazaa be saved and still continue to run/complete the download
> > on
> > > Kazaa Lite, or would switching delete those files and I'd have to
> > > start downloading the files from scratch?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Kevin
> >
> >
>
>