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oneeyedjack909oneeyedjack909 Registered User regular
edited January 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I downloaded this and for a while it worked just fine. Then it started to get a little finicky. It wouldn't start its connecting every time. Then it started to get less and less reliable and now it won't start up at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this? thanks

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  • LifeVirusZEROLifeVirusZERO Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I'm not sure how to fix it but I will say that limewire is more trouble than it's worth.

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  • oneeyedjack909oneeyedjack909 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    if it cant be fixed is there a better alternative?

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  • KMFurDMKMFurDM Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    Depends on what you want to steal.

    You are on your own I think.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    It could just be out-of-date so it's not connecting with the rest of the network or something, but these filesharing apps in general are pretty atrocious. If the program itself isn't a spyware and malware ridden POS (which Limewire is, IIRC) then if you do get connected, all you're doing is opening the door to the PC equivalent of SARS.

    Try an up-to-date build, if you really want to.

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Nothing screams "Log my ip and give me spyware" more like Limewire, and don't forget that the majority of Limewire users are completely computer illiterate.

    Use one of the much better P2P programs out there, like uTorrent or Bitcomet, if you want to steal stuff.

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  • TheLawinatorTheLawinator Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Speaking of which... I use uTorrent and find that I can get pretty good speeds, but it seems like whenever I use it, it kills my home's entire pipe. Does my ISP magically know when I use a torrent program and kill off my connection?

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  • Captain VashCaptain Vash Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    TheLawinator wrote: »
    Speaking of which... I use uTorrent and find that I can get pretty good speeds, but it seems like whenever I use it, it kills my home's entire pipe. Does my ISP magically know when I use a torrent program and kill off my connection?
    So let's say you have a 3mb connection from your ISP.
    You probably really get like 2mb.
    If your connection with utorrent is at 1.5mb/s the rest of your house now is running on about .5mb/s.
    See how that works?

    Unless you mean that you are getting a good connection with utorrent and then your network connection speed drops, in which case, I have no idea.

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  • TheLawinatorTheLawinator Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    The second one.

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  • HeirHeir Ausitn, TXRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Make sure your upload speed isn't too high.

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