Soulseek question

[Call of the wild]

Hi all. It's been a long time since I have visited the forums and I guess I've forgotten my old user name. That aside I have been out of the P2P game for a while now. A while back I bought a new laptop and would like to catch up on the new applications.

I downloaded Soulseek as it's what I have used on and off for the past few years leisurely. It doesn't seem to work though and never starts transfers. the site says my computer is configured properly. I downloaded the new version should I go back to an older version until all the kinks are worked out? Help?

[carpefile]

Hi. Whats the OS on your laptop?

Which new version did you download? There's a few different ones depending on your OS.

Did you get it from slsknet.org? There's a few other fake sites with similar urls.

Do you have a router, firewall?
Do you have any of these installed? Soulseek has problems if you do.
Steganos Internet Anonym Pro
Steganos Secure P2P
XFire Instant-Messaging
WindowsBlind 3.x (disable theme for Soulseek)
Nod32 Internet Monitor
ZoneAlarm on Windows 2000 SP3 or SP4
NetLimiter
WebWasher
Iontas PCEye2000 Parental Control
WyvernWorks Firewall

[Call of the wild]

It has Vista on it.

I downloaded it from the official site. Version 156c.

The only firewall I do have is the one that came with the Computer. McAfee personal firewall. None of the other applications listed on the site or in your list I have on my Laptop.

I like Soulseek but if I can't get it to actually initialize downloads I'd be highly disapointed. The last time I tried any of the new applications I didn't like them as much and it sucks that winMX had to die so long ago. Any suggestions on the new ones then?

[carpefile]

Try this one out, it may garner better connections for you.
http://www.slsknet.org/slsk157NS13c.exe

winMX has been resurrected, theres a couple threads around here somewhere about it and I remember Mels was using it a bit.
Maybe he will grace us with some info on it. ;)

As far as new ones, I suppose bittorrent is really the only game in town. If you don't care for that, you're sorta stuck with what we've talked about already.