Computer info to help me with Questions?
 

This is most of my computer information. (Thanx again Hobo)
I am new to computers & downloading entertainment. Could someone help me?

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows XP Home Edition , Version 2002 service pack
2. What firewalls you have? McAffe
3. How much ram?Hewlitt Packard Pavilion, ADM Athlon(tm) 3200+2.19 GHz, 512 MB of RAM
4. Hard Disk space available? Not sure where to look for this?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Not sure where to lookk for this?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? Home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. LW Pro
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? AOL
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? Have done this twice. Works fine
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. I think I am sharing?
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. Just recently. I am new. Worked great in the begining.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? No. I turned off my firewall.


The LW Basic worked fine for me at first & then I got the pro.
I downloaded some music I thought my parents might enjoy.
My Dad listens to it fine on his computer, but my Mom, it will not play in her truck. Why?
A few days ago I was downloading music for myself. It gets half way downloaded & then it says waiting for source, can't find source & then nothing happens. I tried leaving it like this for a day or so & nothing happens. :(

Curious question?
In the monitor part what does in coming searches mean? Ate those people looking for stuff I have?
What about uploads? What is that?
Found out what it is. :)

Why are some things downloading faster then others? I have a few songs that take days to download & others that go pretty quick. I try different
speeds.

Questions????
 

Hi Yvette

As you are inexperienced in computer matters I will try and make my answers to your questions as simple as possible without (hopefully) coming across as being big headed or insulting.

Question 1:Most music files are stored on computers as MP3 files so any computer with an media player, such as WinAmp, WMP or VLC will play them. However, unless you convert these MP3files to WAV files, with DVD/CD burning software (like NERO), before actually burning them onto a blank CD you run the risk of older CD players not being able to play them. Most modern CD players can now play MP3 files, as well as other computer file formats, but it seems that your mom's player can't.

Q2: When that happens the PC that you are downloading from has been switched off (I'm sure you know that P2P basically means sharing files on others users PCs). The only thing you can do is try another search, to see if other hosts with the same file are now online, or wait and try and catch this particular user when he switches his PC on again.

Q3: No, just other P2P users looking for stuff.

Q4: As mentioned earlier, when you access the P2P network you are downloading from (and uploading to) other P2P users PCs. Now the P2P network is worldwide and has a variety of PCs and servers connected to it from all corners of the world. And, like you, they are connected via their ISPs at different connection speeds (broadband, dial up, cable, etc.) and using different infrastructures, e.g. networks in the US are likely to be more advanced than the ones used in Russia. Plus you have distance, i.e. where is your download coming from, e.g. I live in the UK and if I download a file from Germany and a similar one from Japan I am 99% certain that the one from Germany will download faster than the one from Japan. There are also other things that can slow down your download speed, such as conjestion (like a traffic jam) and how many times your PC has to ask for a piece of data to be resent.

So, distance, upload speed from a user's PC, state of local and national networks, conjestion, etc. are all things that can affect your download speed.

Hope this helps.



UK Bob

Thanx for the reply Bob. I am in the U.S. Your explanation is very well.
[QUOTE][you convert these MP3files to WAV files, with DVD/CD burning software (like NERO), /QUOTE]
Is an audio ripper the same as Nero?
I also clean out my computer atleast once a week. My daughters download alot of music stuff. Will this help at all? I even clean out our files on LW too.

Are we automaticly linked into Gnutella or do we have to start at the begining & download it? I do not want to lose LW, just curious?

Gnutella is the network that LW & other p2p clients use...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnutella

So, when you open LW & it connects...you're connected to the Gnutella network. Shut LW down & you're no longer connected to the network:)

Yvette
When I highlight a track to download I get a message within a box indicating that Gnutella cannot find a licence and cannot montor etc or words to that effect and asks the qusetion whether I want to download anyway and also to respect local copyright laws. Did you get anything like that when using Limewire?

Hi again Yvette

You asked about "Audio Ripper", which I must admit I have not heard of but I have found out that it can rip files from one format and convert them to another. Therefore, when ripping MP3 files remember to instruct "Audio Ripper" to convert them to WAV files before burning them to CD.

Cleaning out your PC once a week is a very good idea, I clean out my PC whenever I need to perform a financial transaction (works out as 2 - 4 times a week), e.g. internet shopping, internet banking and transfering funds abroad. I use three anti-spyware apps, i.e. Ad-aware SE, Spybot and Ewido, as well as my Norton AV.



UK Bob

Thank you so much for the help! :) It is very much appreciated. I found alot of stuff for my Dad. ALOT of oldies, except one. :idea: :dance:
It just gets frustrating at times.