Ummmm.... not to be rude, but isn't that what a "Shared" folder is for? Yeah, you can set it up so nobody can see anything in your Shared Folder, but then you would be downloading other people's files and not sharing any of your own. Why not simply transfer the files that you Do Not want to share out of your Shared Folder and into some other folder that you do not share online?

KK

Thanks for the advice Stief and Sleepless - tried searching again for the one file I really really wanted, and its now disappeared completely! The only other one which is a shorter version that's available is also corrupted unfortunately - guess I'll have to go out and spend some money and buy the CD.

Which leads me to another (probably dim) question - if I buy this CD, how can I store the contents on my computer in my shared files as mp3's? I use Nero to burn, but don't think this software can help me in this respect...?

Anyway, thanks for helping a junior member out. I've learnt my lesson about downloading too many at once from one host and will be more polite in future!

Nero has the ability to extract as WAV files. I don't have a new version of Nero so I don't know it's full abilities. But there's plenty of free audio programs out there which will convert wav to mp3, etc. or extract from cd to mp3. I'd recommend extracting as wav first! Then converting that into mp3 or aac or ogg vorbis, or a compressed lossless format.

Deepend, the earlier versions of LW were better at restarting incomplete downloads than the newer versions. What I'd suggest is, if you find someone who has lots of files you're interested in, make a note of their ip address. Then at some later time you can attempt to direct connect to them. This is not always successful but can work. Of course it depends on whether they are online, & whether both you & them have free upload & downld slots & bandwidth, & both you & them are configured properly firewall-wise. Another way is searching the file topic again, browsing those with similar files. Of course, if you have search results handy, you can cancel the downld & re-select to downld from the search results. This sometimes restarts the downld.

As far as requeries go, LW tries to keep traffic to a minimum. Requeries (click on link). I believe that's one reason LW has reduced the ability of files to search for sources immediately after opening LW.

Thanks Lord of The Rings

Can't say i am really happy about the response; if it is true (i belive your correct) my going Pro to get those "better search results, turbo charge download speeds & connect to more sources" was uh Useless i see no positive change at all oh well such is life i am not as suprised as i am dissappointed.

I see what you mean about the load on the servers but it seems those who UPLOAD over 100MB per day could get a little priorety when they are only downloading 10MB I can't even check my email sometimes due to the upload drain at the same time nothing at all goin down seems a bit out of balance.

Typical of the real world; don't know why i expect things to be different here No Honor Among Thievs anymore hey.

About finding hosts that let me browse there are very few for whatever reasons and most of them seem to get the hump if you like their taste in music and want more than their quota. That is pathetic; i consider it a compliment when someone likes my taste in music.

I only hope people will reconsider the definition of share!!!