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Justintime
9/16/02, 03:05pm
1. If you have run out of sources when downloading a file and it remains at 'connecting to' without a username, look for the file again in the search and it will try those users it found in the search.
2. If it says 'more sources needed' right click and search for more sources, it seems like it does not look all over at once, so you may get lucky on second tries.
3. You can back up the .dat file when downloading incase it fails or is corrupted you can start back from a point where it might still be good. Just copy the dat file to another folder, this can also work if you want to download the file from another computer, just copy the dat file to the shared folder of that computer and start that computers copy of kazza, it will pick it up and start from where you left off.
4. If you find a fast user, search his files and when kazza stops using him/her and may go to a slower user or need more sources, pause the download and retry asap it may catch back that user, especially if the users files are viewed.
5. The "Search Now" button turns into a "Search More" button after the first pass of a search - clicking on it will continue to search and often finds many more files or instances of a file than the initial pass. (I'm not sure if this is only a feature of KaZaA Lite or not)
Justintime
9/16/02, 03:17pm
not sure, have not used anything but lite for awhile now. :D
they are being sued so, don't get too comfortable.
unclehobart
9/16/02, 03:20pm
Is there a way to trick it into not stealing my CPU cycles? The darn thing gobbles up 100% of a CPUs resources. It really eats into my Genoming performance and makes accessing anything on my machine a real delay heavy hassle.
www.kazaalite.com
Better than kazaa imo.
You can also change a few settings in the Registry. This will work on both versions.
Max downloads (above 50) if you're greedy like me.
Max search results.
Min upload (eeek).
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Is there a way to trick it into not stealing my CPU cycles? The darn thing gobbles up 100% of a CPUs resources. It really eats into my Genoming performance and makes accessing anything on my machine a real delay heavy hassle.That's KaZaA's new distributed computing network. Get KaZaA Lite, it doesn't do that.
unclehobart
9/16/02, 04:38pm
I do have kaaza lite. It still does it. Apparently my old regular kaaza didnt remove itself when I ordered it to. yay...
unclehobart
9/16/02, 04:51pm
ok... moved the shared folder, deleted the whole shebang, reinstalled, moved the folder back, viola! Seems to be working well now.
unclehobart
9/16/02, 05:23pm
hmm... 10 min later... SNAP! Right back into the old full cpu hog thing. grr.
are you previewing files?
i've seen the preview makes any puter crawl, must be a buggy copying algorithm.
unclehobart
9/16/02, 08:35pm
I run pro 2000. A ctr alt del lets me into a control shell that allows me to see the percentage of CPU juice allotted to what tasks in real time. kazaa.exe is sucking down one of my chips.
MitchSchaft
9/16/02, 08:46pm
Try ctrl+shift+esc for quicker access to the Task Manager.
Justintime
9/16/02, 08:55pm
Kazza running full blast on my downloads rig
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unclehobart
9/16/02, 09:11pm
I'm starting to think that my old normal Kazaa setup left a bunch of shadow baggage on my system. I'm probably going to have to eradicate it again, window wash it, defrag it, set fire to it, wave a big ass magnet on it to get it out of my registry. grr.
Justintime
9/16/02, 09:24pm
lol, yes most likely the normal kazza did leave some unwelcome software in your computer.
I'm starting to think that my old normal Kazaa setup left a bunch of shadow baggage on my system. I'm probably going to have to eradicate it again, window wash it, defrag it, set fire to it, wave a big ass magnet on it to get it out of my registry. grr.Then install AOL.
OH! I have a Kazza tip!
Don't get it! That thing is FUCKING FILLED with spyware!
Lite has no spyware in the actual program. Although, it does go to the kazaa media desktop website, which contains cookies that are spyware, but I find that if you set your IE properties to ask you before allowing any cookies, you can usually get it to block any cookies coming from the KMD website.
Add these lines to the HOSTS file:
0.0.0.0 www.brilliantdigital.com
0.0.0.0 desktop.kazaa.com
0.0.0.0 shop.kazaa.com
0.0.0.0 www.bonzi.com
0.0.0.0 www.b3d.com
0.0.0.0 might not work in some cases, if it is your case replace it for 127.0.0.1
I downloaded Kazaa lite cause someone said it had no spyware and I had like over 100 spyware things a few days later when brainsoft did a scan of my computer!
It could be any number of things that you installed on your computer. More than just KaZaA has had spyware in it. Did you have KaZaA "Full" installed on your computer before? That could do it. AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, free versions of many popular programs such as Getright, Gozilla, Download Accelerator, and even many websites can introduce spyware on your computer (thankfully, neither XiBase nor OTC do :headbang:)
It could be any number of things that you installed on your computer. More than just KaZaA has had spyware in it. Did you have KaZaA "Full" installed on your computer before? That could do it. AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, free versions of many popular programs such as Getright, Gozilla, Download Accelerator, and even many websites can introduce spyware on your computer (thankfully, neither XiBase nor OTC do :headbang:)
That's what you say.... But would you tell us if they did?
BTW, if you're tracking my usage, can you get me the link to that porn site I was at last night, I forgot to bookmark it.
MitchSchaft
9/17/02, 01:41am
lol
BTW, if you're tracking my usage, can you get me the link to that porn site I was at last night, I forgot to bookmark it.
www.gay... err, nevermind, I must have the wrong person on my tracking list.
It could be any number of things that you installed on your computer. More than just KaZaA has had spyware in it. Did you have KaZaA "Full" installed on your computer before? That could do it. AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, free versions of many popular programs such as Getright, Gozilla, Download Accelerator, and even many websites can introduce spyware on your computer (thankfully, neither XiBase nor OTC do :headbang:)
That's what you say.... But would you tell us if they did?
BTW, if you're tracking my usage, can you get me the link to that porn site I was at last night, I forgot to bookmark it. I don't think I'd live with myself if I let a spyware cookie come anywhere near any of my sites... Even if it's an ad that would bring in a billion dollars a month.
OK, well, maybe I'd crack then. :headbng2:
But seriously, I hate spyware cookies as much as anyone else. I run Ad-Aware weekly and have my browser ask me before storing ANY cookie (in IE6, it's Tools\Internet Options\Privacy\Advanced - set both to Prompt)
I don't think I'd live with myself if I let a spyware cookie come anywhere near any of my sites... Even if it's an ad that would bring in a billion dollars a month.
OK, well, maybe I'd crack then. :headbng2:
If you didn't crack then, we'd all KNOW you are as crazy as some of us think you are.
Did that come out wrong?
If you don't know now, then there's very little left that I can do to prove it to you.
I have NEVER had a problem with ads before. I never had full Kazaa installed either. I installed Kazaa Lite, a couple days later my computer was runnign liek shit. brainsoft checked, it was loaded down with spyware. He uninstalled Kazaa, cleaned out all the spyware shit and I haven't had a problem since...
Could've been that the KMD website was the sole source of all the spyware, but I kind of doubt it. That is really odd, since I'm running Ad-Aware right now, and I ran it right after I installed KL a few weeks ago, and never found any spyware.
*shrugs*
I just tell it how it happened!
unclehobart
9/30/02, 12:42pm
Stipped Kaaza 100% off again and deleted it from the registry. redownloaded the lite version... and it STILL hogs a CPU... wtf? Anyone know how to clips the code so I can get my cpu back?
Aunty Em
10/07/02, 05:22am
Kazaa stinks!
If I dare to run it's internal player/theatre without rebooting afterwards my comp goes skitzo! As for that f*****g JSNoclose bug - nuf said...
How is Kazaa Lite on that?
Justintime
10/07/02, 06:04am
Kazza lite is ok, but i never use the internal player, i just copy the dat file and rename the extension to whatever the file is, and test it, if its an avi file, its best to fix the index with avi fixer if trying to play a partially downloaded file.
Kazaa Lite never takes up 100% of my CPU, no matter how hard I try to let it.
Although the internal player really really sucks, takes 5 or 6 clicks to get it to let you preview a file. Kazaa 1.5 was so much better in that aspect, it'd play it on the first try (if it had enough data to start playing)
I hope KL2.0 fixes that.
Aunty Em
10/07/02, 05:21pm
Thanks soooo much for the info about Kazaa Lite. I am now one more very satified customer. No more ads and I'll swear it's faster than KMD too.
Stipped Kaaza 100% off again and deleted it from the registry. redownloaded the lite version... and it STILL hogs a CPU... wtf? Anyone know how to clips the code so I can get my cpu back?
It is happening to me :eek:
and i've never installed Kazaa, my first installation was Kazaa lite, and nothing has changed, it has been always kazaa lite.
k, i found the problem.
I guess there's a bug in the sending code, something that makes the CPU load go full, probably an "over sending" filling some UDP/TCP stacks in the TCP/IP module. Or probably just a loop causing it to go to the 100%.
See if the cpu load goes down when you cancel all the uploads.
finally a use for dialup - no-one in their right mind takes a file off a low-bandwidth jockey like me :D
well, i got a send at 1.05kB/s, and still that got the full CPU load.
i disable file sharing and the problem is gone, limiting bandwidth for the uploads has no effect.
The code is buggy.
I'm uploading right now at about 14kb/s and still 0% CPU usage
unclehobart
10/08/02, 12:47am
whoa.. the CPU load got up to 112% ... sonofabit...
equinoxe3d
10/08/02, 01:01am
If you care about MP3 quality, go in the registry where Jas101 mentionned and there should be a setting like SetBitrateLimit=1 or similar. Set it to 0 to enable searching for 160+ kbps quality songs. It's pretty elementary, but it's a good way to get better-sounding songs easily...
Lite comes default with that set to 0 if I remember correctly.
yeah, i've found 160 and 192kbps mp3z........although, i don't use kazaa to get my mp3z.
*cough* mIRC *cough* DALnet *cough*
*cough*virus-laden hellhole*cough*
*cough* only stupid *cough* people get *cough* viruses *cough*
:D
*cough*You Talkin to ME?*cough*
*cough*WinMx*cough*
*cough* not talking to you *cough* :D
Seriously, mirc is much more safe than any other program if you are not a newbie. I still remember the old 1995 virus called "script.ini", many people will just accept that file and then open it with mirc.
You need to be certain of what you asked and who's sending, also looking at the file extension (which is never hidden in mirc) is good to avoid accepting trojans and stuff like that.
You mean you shouldn't just accept whatever anyone tries to send you? :eek:
Shit, maybe that's what my problem was.
Seriously though, by looking at my firewall logs, I have had probably 90% of the attacks I have had while signed into mirc, especially Dalnet. And I've gotten the majority of my crap files from Dalnet as well. (They say they are one thing when they are really another.)
ohhh yeah, the port attack, that's common, there are people there that just want to screw you, i've never experienced any hacking, except the usual nuke (connection reset by peer).
and i've never received a "crap file".
I dunno about DULLnet, but Zerolimit masks your hostname and IP address. ;) ;)
For example, instead of showing me as fury@12-222-140-###.client.insightBB.com, it shows me as fury@ZeroLimit-xxxxx.client.insightBB.com where xxxxx is a set of random numbers, and if my hostname doesn't resolve, instead of showing me as fury@12.222.140.### it shows me as fury@12.222.140.xxxxx
fury@12-222-140-###.client.insightBB.com
You do realize what you just gave us, right?
whoreable
10/08/02, 01:18pm
i too use irc. i seem to find more full albums/new releases then i do on kazza. never been to concerned about the security on my system.
You do realize what you just gave us, right?
Yes :headbang:
Attack away!
Ok, can you show me how?
:headbang:
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