|  | Posted by Morton Davis on 10/03/24 11:39 
"CQ" <me@privacy.com> wrote in messagenews:MPG.1e53f37e89aaeefd9896b8@fe04.buzzardnews.com...
 > In article <1139415806.037641.245750@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 > FloatingInThePool@hotmail.com says...
 >
 > > I've been using WinMX for over two years, but I've had it. It
 > > constantly freezes up on me, and last night after two hours of screwing
 > > with it, it simply crashed on me.
 > >
 >
 > Given that you state you are the "least cyber-savvy person on Earth" (and
 > I know some very UN cyber-savvy persons) don't you think that perhaps you
 > shouldn't spend two hours "screwing with" any program you have?  Don't
 > you think it is inevitable that after two hours of un-cyber-savvy
 > screwing around that ANYTHING would be ready to crash?
 >
 > Just a thought....and I'm just kidding.
 >
 > > So I'm looking for a new P2P program -- any suggestions?
 > > I'm mostly interested in downloading music.
 >
 > You should check the pages at slyck.com.  They have much information
 > about lots of options, p2p as well as other methods.  Some are better
 > than others, sometimes just due to matters of personal preference and
 > sometimes due to size of network, security risk, etc.  Only you can
 > determine what level of risk you are willing to expose yourself to in
 > order to share music and what level of complexity you are willing to try
 > and work with in order to do same.
 >
 > > Bear in mind I am the least cyber-savvy person on Earth, so I'm looking
 > > for ease of use as well as available files.
 >
 > Unfortunately the two aren't always mutually compatible, particularly
 > when you toss in that thorny issue of security.
 >
 > Check http://www.slyck.com and see what they have there that interests
 > you.
 >
 >
 Better yet, go to winmxgroup.com and get the 2.20 patch. WinMx is one of the
 simplest programs I've ever used. I tend to view folk who claim they can't
 get it to works a liars pimping for other PsP programs/services.
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