WinMx New User Questions

[cheapprick]

Feel free to post any questions you have about WinMx here. This thread will periodically be updated to list answers to questions that have already been answered, as well as answer new questions.

[natscrafts]

I guess I have a few more questions.

1) I have a few songs I picked to download, but they've been on the transfer page for 2 days now. Why are they not downloading?

2) When I was checking my download list yesterday, someone started to upload(?) from me. I didn't have that much time to stay online, so I shut down. Is this okay to do? Did I mess up the other guys download?

And finally,

3) Should I stay away from songs that have a lot in the queue? Does that mean other people are waiting for the download?

Thanks!
Nat

[CrAzYMaNiAk54]

Originally posted by natscrafts
I guess I have a few more questions.

1) I have a few songs I picked to download, but they've been on the transfer page for 2 days now. Why are they not downloading?

2) When I was checking my download list yesterday, someone started to upload(?) from me. I didn't have that much time to stay online, so I shut down. Is this okay to do? Did I mess up the other guys download?

And finally,

3) Should I stay away from songs that have a lot in the queue? Does that mean other people are waiting for the download?

Thanks!
Nat

1) Press Find more Sources for each of the files and set the find more sources time period to 10min by right clicking on the file =)

2) DO NOT shut down or cancel someone that is uploading from you.. that person is downloading a file from you and they got canceled.. Only do this when you have to exit the program.. When you are on and will be on.. dont cancel anybody (you are sharing your files with other people which is very good)

3) Yes, if you see songs that have like 20+ in que than by all means stay away from them.. Try to download only ones that are avaiable.. if you find yourself in a que just press find more sources by right clicking on the file..

If you need anything else.. I will be glad to help you out =)

[natscrafts]

Thank you for your quick reply! Just curious though, why would people pick the ones that have over 20 in the queue? I've seen some with 99 in queue.

I do have another question. I was just downloading something and it got to about 25% and quit. Does that mean the other person shut down? Do I cancel that one and look for a different one now?

Thank you!

[natscrafts]

Thank you everyone. Sometimes it just takes some patience.

Nat

[natscrafts]

Okay, I have another question. I just downloaded what I thought was ********** ********** ******. It took over an hour to do. Well it's not the right song. It's a different artist all together. Do people do this intentionally? How do I know if I'm going to get the right song? I right click and "search for alternates" but nothing ever comes up in the search...ever.

I also have a question about sharing files. A friend just told me that other people will be able to put things in my shared files folder, including viruses if they wanted to. Is this true?

Thanks again!
Nat

[The Hunter]

Look for a large number of people with the same file, it usually works for me. also the other thing you are talking about, they might be talking about ghost files, or files that appear to be on your pc but arnt there. i use a secondary connection, and never have had a problem with them.

[Wolfie]

Short of someone hacking in your system the only way you can get a virus while filesharing is if you download an infected file yourself. You're only one that can put something in your share folder. At least as far my experience with viruses in p2p. You want to get yourself a good anti-virus program.

[natscrafts]

Thank you for answering my questions.

I have another. Should I delete that ********* ********** fraud song out of my shared folder so noone else gets the wrong song?

Thanks,
Nat

[CrAzYMaNiAk54]

Of course...


As hunter said.. just look for the song with most people

[stephen_sterritt]

the best way to check if ur getting the right file thats worked for me 9 times out of 10 is when u have it on ur download screen right click it and click on the option find alternitive and if the result shows a different file name then ur most likely downloadin a fake

[Ghost 23]

Can someone tell me whats the newest usable verion won winmx please?

[Music Pirate]

Originally posted by Ghost 23
Can someone tell me whats the newest usable verion won winmx please?

3.21 is the current version...I really don't like WinMX with all those stupid ques. They could speed the network up if they didn't have them..

[Ghost 23]

Originally posted by Music Pirate
3.21 is the current version...I really don't like WinMX with all those stupid ques. They could speed the network up if they didn't have them..

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i know what you mean about that, i mainly use winmx to dl small files that have no que, I install shareaza to see how I like that. but thanks for the info.

[Passer]

"Okay, I have another question. I just downloaded what I thought was Enrique Inglesias' Escape. It took over an hour to do. Well it's not the right song. It's a different artist all together. Do people do this intentionally? How do I know if I'm going to get the right song? I right click and "search for alternates" but nothing ever comes up in the search...ever. "


Suggest that once your DL has commenced, and you have acquired a moderate percentage of the file, you simply rightclick on it and Open. If it's the correct file, let it complete, and if it's a mislabel, rightclick and Delete File.

And always delete mislabels - no point in propagating them.

And I think you get a better result from "Search for similar" - "Search for alternates" is too precise, and to the best of my understanding will only produce the same results as "Find sources now".