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Posted by Morton Davis on 11/27/06 17:31
"DB_Story" <DB_Story@att.net> wrote in message
news:euqdndWHVYigo_fYnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> One cause is damaged files. If you have a partially downloaded file and
the
> end of it is damaged because of how the download terminated, WinMX cannot
> resume that download because your damaged file does not match the source
> file despite the hash code in your temporary file name.
>
> If this is happening with a partial file, if you've barely started the
> download, delete the bad file and start over.
>
> If you have a big investment in what's downloaded so far, right click on
the
> filename and use the Delete 10K from End option a couple times. This can
> remove the damaged data and allow the upload to resume with very little
loss
> on your part.
>
There are people on the network who deliberately damage files so that anyone
who d/ls from them gets screwed.
> "jc" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:rhdol25n9athgfps74jssvte34lm9hq06u@4ax.com...
> > I'm getting this alot, I'll be in a queue for a long time, get right
> > up to the front of the line...and then get "disconnected" or
> > "refused". I thought this was something personal, caused by the owner
> > of the queue not liking something about me (number or type of shared
> > files, etc...). But today I communicated with an owner (person
> > sharing the file I wanted) and we watched as I went from #18 to #1 in
> > his queue and then was disconnected. I watched this happen 3 times
> > with the same result. He said he didn't know what to do to prevent
> > it, and didn't seem to have anything to do with it. I've seen that
> > there are certain Users with whom this happens everytime, and there is
> > no point in even waiting in their queues.
> >
> > Yet for all this, I still am able to download files, but I'm getting
> > disconnected or refused about 50% of the time.
> >
> > So can someone tell me what actually causes the disconnect or refusal?
> > I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to cure this problem which
> > is becoming very common unfortunately.
> >
> > Regards, jc
>
>
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