|
|
Posted by Greg Farr on 07/28/07 23:29
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:35:48 -0500, Jyeshta <whatever@twixtntween.com>
wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:43:27 -0700, Greg Farr
><gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:30:00 GMT, "*alan*" <in_flagrante@hotmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Greg Farr" <gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:625ca31s9jdvbsa7tf4hv12q90787ar26q@4ax.com...
>>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:38:24 -0700, "*alan*"
>>>> <in_flagrante@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Daniel Minge" <minge@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:re0t93pqn242nt4kr54pofugpfaud5hame@4ax.com...
>>>>>>I can download, but people can't upload from me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Their attempts time out. Some may think I'm very lucky.
>>>>>> but fair is fair and I want to be able to let people upload.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could someone assist me re my settings please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Minge
>>>>>
>>>>>I had that problem until a helpful sharer messaged me to let me know that
>>>>>my
>>>>>firewall was probably not allowing uploads. You need to set your firewall
>>>>>to allow upload from winmx.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've had the problem for 3 days now and I don't have a firewall up or
>>>> anything like that. First I lost all connection to winmx then loaded a
>>>> new pie, got back d/l ability but not upload, and now peeps are
>>>> swearing at me for not sharing, and I can't help it.
>>>
>>>
>>>Hmmm . . . there've apparently been several patches offered on a variety of
>>>websites. The update I got (which works fine) came from
>>>http://www.winmxworld.com/
>>>If you didn't get yours from there, it might be worthwhile to try dumping
>>>the winmx you've now got and just starting over with a download from that
>>>site.
>>>Just a suggestion, mind you, certainly not a guarantee . . .
>>
>>
>>I've had the basic winmx for a long time, and it's always been fine,
>>more suspicious of other add-ons, like peergaurdian, which I bumped,
>>to no avail.
>
>You shouldn't be without at least a good software firewall
>(Comodo is free and supposed to be good, but I'm still using my
>old Sygate one), and I wouldn't be using WinMX at all if I didn't
>also use PeerGuardian.
>
>Being online without a firewall is just asking for trouble.
>
>>Greg
>>http://gregsplace.50megs.com
>>http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
I hooked PG up again and this time things got better, more customers,
but firewall take so much memory and winmx already takes a bunch, and
I like to have some left over to surf or draw or do newsgroups. I
prolly have a couple of firewall laying around.....................
Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1
Navigation:
[Reply to this message]
|