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Eric Tieman
March 31st 03, 01:53 PM
I agree , KaZaa SUCKS BIGTIME
Use Kazaa Lit instead


"Burger King AKA BK" > schreef in bericht
...
> I use kazaa v2.2, and my anti-virus program has shown up w/ so many
virusus!
> DO NOT USE KAZAA. Thank you.
> "Andy.T" <no email available> wrote in message
> ...
> 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
> > >
> > >
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