New user in need of help!!
 

Ok so I have had Limewire for a bit, been using it to download songs. Still a lot of this escapes me!

I use the free version, for now, as I am still not sure of it. How do I stop people from downloading the songs I have? I have looked for some form of button, or option, but have yet to find one!

On the Monitor tab there is a chat button, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it work, how to chat with someone!

Skins, I have downloaded a few skins, but there are not many I like. Are the people of lime wire planning to make and release more? I like to change the looks of my limewire often, right now I have the christmas skin up! I wish I knew how to make them!

How can I upload an avatar picture to be used on this forum!?

Hopefully someone here can help me cause these questions have been driving me nuts! :(

Re: New user in need of help!!
 

Tools>Options>Uploads>Slots (set slots to zero, click Apply & OK)

Thank you!!
 

Woohoo, that is one question down!! Thanks for helping me, I went and followed your directions, now that part should be fine.:)

Re: Thank you!!
 

I don't know about CHAT because the few times I have tried to use it I never get a response...I dunno if I'm being ignored or whether my CHAT function is wrong or the other person's CHAT isn't enabled. Just like BROWSE HOST...sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If you want to experiment around with BROWSE HOST or CHAT LMK, we can do DIRECT CONNECT (maybe) & learn something.

Best regards,
HC

You don't want anyone to download any of your songs. So, are you saying that you want to be a freeloader? Heh!

Freeloader = "Leech"




Dashed mosquitos lol :D Where's the Aerogarde when you need it? I suppose it's all about I, me & only myself! Share with myself.

I'm surprised that no one attacked VirtualTuneage for that comment.

I AM NEW, DOWNLOAD SAFE??
 

I AM NEW TO THIS GIFT ON COMPUTER GIVEN TO ME -****** MUSIC i WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER ... HOW DO I DO IT FROM MY WINMEDIA PLAYER SEND TO LIMEWIRE PRO 4.9??

IS IT OKAY TO BYPASS THE POP : "NO LICENSE FOUND" TO DOWNLOAD FROM SOMEONE HERE ???

hOW DO I SHARE MY MUSIC WITH OTHERS WHO LOVE ALL TYPE OF MUSIC??? HELP ME PLEAZEEEEEEEEE.

Freeloader?
 

Perhaps VirtualTuneage is on dial up & wants to conserve his bandwidth.

I turn off uploading sometimes, for several reasons:

a) the person uploading from me doesn't allow browsing their files.

b) they won't chat. if I can browse someone I can find out what their interests are & maybe I have something they're interested in. I change my shared folders every day, perhaps, say I browse someone & notice they have a fair collection of "A" files & I have an ENORMOUS collection of "A" files the person might want. If they want to chat I can let them know & maybe we can direct connect, if they don't have chat enabled or won't reply then they lose a good source.

Who's keeping score on who is freeloading anyway? I notice in Options there is a slider to NEVER & Rarely allow freeloaders...does Limewire track this?

New2this Please don't use capitals in your posts.

1. How to share: See How to Share Folders (click on link)

2. I presume your other music is in your Music folder right? Which might be either C:\Documents and Settings\"your account name"\My Documents\Music OR C:\Music

3. Re: the license popup, yes you can adjust it in search options: License requirement (click on link)

Re: Freeloader?
 

Conserve his bandwidth? That just sounds like a lame excuse. VirtualTuneage never mentioned in the thread that they are using dial-up. All they wanted to know was how they can stop others from downloading their songs, how to use Chat, mentioned skins and asked about avatars. No where in that post did I see the words dial-up.

virtual TEENage
 

i don't understand why people download a program that shares if they don't want to share. just go away people!!! there wouldn't be anything here at all if we all had that atittude.

i had dial-up not 2wks ago. i was only able to DL 1 song at a time, but UL were 2 at a time. i didn't stop sharing just because i had a little bit of bandwidth. that's B.S.

maybe we could all gift-wrap our music for poor tuneage!!
(he/she) probably doesn't have anything worth listening to anyway. (otherwise they would share).

i chat all the time. the problem is everyone expects the other end to be open. sometimes i like to go downstairs to grab a bite. that means i'm not right here waiting for you to want to chat. also if i'm chatting with someone else, (on the phone) i'm not going to drop that conversation just to let you know i'm here. :D

Chill out!
 

Wow, I come back to see if there are more answers to my questions, and find I am getting slammed, for the most part! How nice! :mad:

How am I supposed to know that stopping people from uploading is concidered a "freeloader", whatever that is!? Or that not mentioning why I wanted to block those for a bit would be frowned on?

I am totally new to using Limewire, I have never used a psp file sharing proggie before. I want to learn how to chat with those who have not turned off that feature. I want to have an avatar showing when I come here.

Odd it is to see how some, who might have been here for a while, like to verbally slamming new people! Especially when that person has no knowledge of the program they are using, and they want to learn!

What is a "freeloader", and why would you ASSume I am one, when you don't even know me?

Only a Hobo... First off I am a she, a mother with children. Ever think with Christmas coming up I have been a bit too busy to check on this thread, until now? There is more to life than this plastic box plugged into the wall.

Me d, I don't plan on going anywhere for a long time! I plan on trying to learn how to use this program, and its chat part, someday. With over 500 files, I am sure I have music worth listening to. Would have had more, but my other comp crashed and I lost everything I had collected over the years.

I find it pretty pathetic that I come here looking for a helping hand, only to get slammed because of the questions I asked. Want drama, turn on the tv, I don't need it!

The only one that tried to help was HeadCraft, thank you, Sir!

And for those of you that had a heart attack cause I wanted to know how to block the sharing feature, it lags my comp so bad, I have no choice. I own a dinosaur for a system, nothing new, quick and fancy. So I need to know how to shut it off when I am working. Nothing bothers me more than having this system so bogged down, I can't use it!

properly chastised! however...
 

first off how many threads have you read, other than your own? do you know how this forum works?

any program i've ever downloaded, have some kind of preferences. obviously you found the skins. if you found skins why didn't you look for anything else??

Tools - Options - etc, you will find alot of what you will need to set up. further if you read some of these "threads" you will most definitely find what you need. you can even fine-tune your search at the bottom of the page.

don't ever start your thread with "i have had L W for a bit" that implies that you have been on L W for a while.

"how do i stop people from downloading the songs i have?"
what else is that supposed to mean, but that you don't want to share!!!

as for the "mediators" here, I'M SURE they get a little tired of answering the same questions over and over. especially when someone "who's been here awhile wants to stop people from up-loading!"

freeloader: a person who habitually imposes upon others for free ....whatever.

Freeloaders are a sore subject here as you may have noticed. if you look in your tools, there is a freeloader option there but it doesn't currently work. obv you fixed that problem.

we can't always just ask for and get the "quick fix". the reason for the forum is to help people, not just one person. but you still gotta work for it.

Re: Chill out!
 

If LimeWire slows down your computer then maybe you shouldn't use it until you are able to upgrade your computer. If I had to chose between my computer running at a decent speed and using LimeWire I would chose the first option.:)

Exactly what I was thinking. I also find it frustrating when I'm blocked from browsing a host. It makes me think they have no interest in sharing because they don't want you to see what they have.

Sometimes a host cannot be browsed because they are stuck behind a firewall.:)

Never thought about that.

Hey Hobo -My remark .."Whose keeping score" was a rhetorical question (do you know what rhetorical means?) so I didn't intend to get an answer BUT I did raise the issue because if LW is indeed P2P then there is no way ANYTHING could be tracking sharing/freeloading; if LW has tracking abilities of sharing/freeloading then some network traffic would have to go thru LW servers -which don't exist, RIGHT?- THAT'S HOW NAPSTER GOT SUED...RIGHT?

If the LW developers hadn't intended a FREELOADER option they wouldn't have allowed people to regulate slots, RIGHT?

All you SLAMMERS in this thread (AKA FLAMEBAITERS/Trolls) just post your IP addys so I can block ya from my ULTRAPEER & files, OK!

Just to dispell any thoughts that I'm a newbie, my first computer AGES ago was a Comode-Door Amiga 1000 w/ 1 meg ram running about 1.3 mHz on a 1200 BAUD modem, came with about 2,000 pirated apps on fd THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE DEAL...THE SELLER WAS A PALM BEACH (Fla) COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF who was upgrading to an Amiga 2000, circa 1986, he kept me updated to newly-released bootleg progs for quite somtime afterwards. I remember spending $300-$400/month on telephone charges back then DIALING into BBS's all over the friggin' USA, hacking into BBS's as well as **** sites, etc.

So DON'T EVEN THINK YUR DEALING W/A NUBE HERE, JACKOS!

Hoosier?
 

Getting hot in here hehehe (actually it's 30 degrees Celsius outside & it's only morning here. :D)

http://bestsmileys.com/hot/3.gif

Hobo
 

Please accept my apology.

I don't share everything at once, I shuffle things around.

When I answered the question re how to stop sharing it was simply an answer to a question. I thought these forums were for that purpose.

I got pissed at the remarks which IMO were flamebait. Anyone who didn't have that intent, to him/her I also extend an apology. If some were trying to spark a fire, GFY!

Ya Bro, I can get along with anyone...BUT I can fan the flames w/ the best of them also.

BTW: GFY could mean either,

Good For You,
or
Go F*ck Yaself

After hacking into Aol many times a decade ago, the CAT,
Community Action Team never could figure out why I signed out with GFY...it can be a compliment or a kiss-off.

I could care less whether any Jacko's here could decifer my mnemonic. I got better things to do than waste my time defending my POV. If ya need anything Hobo, slip me a private msg & I'll let ya know if I can get it for ya wholesale.

Best regards,

HC

Re: Hoosier?
 

hmmm?