Limewire

mtblambley

When I download limewire onto my laptop it works for the 1st few times I use it and then un-installs itself. Has anyone else had this problem or know a solution to it? I use windows xp if thats any help.
thanks

ben.m

A few of my pals have caught viruses off of limewire.

deanvw

only if you dont scan it! Have you installed service pack 2?

WillGTJumper

I have not had that problem and I have XP SP2 and have had Limewire for over 3 months

deanvw

but you need sp2 to run it properly

dav1

apparently peer guardian is a must have if you use lime wire.

Red Panda

Dav1 wrote:

apparently peer guardian is a must have if you use lime wire.

As is effective anti virus software. I also use Spyware Doctor's protection too.

Anonymous

Well, if you want to download illegally, then you deserve whatever crap your computer gets infested with.

CitizenLee

Wow, it took as many as 8 posts before someone took the moral high ground

Not everyone who uses P2P is a pirate.

Anyway, torrents are better than Limewire. Faster and less chance of getting a virus.

uTorrent is one of the best clients out there... look into it if you fancy an alternative.

Anonymous

Moral high-ground my ass. If I came along and stole your paycheck, you'd be pissed off too.

schmako

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Moral high-ground my ass. If I came along and stole your paycheck, you'd be pissed off too.

But nobody is stealing his paycheck. 'Stealing' off folk that already have too much money is all good. Anyway as CitizenLee says torrents are the way to go. No viruses.

Specialized5432

Taking from the rich and giving to the poor- I dont see Bill Gates strugling to pay the bills because of file sharing or any music artist sleeping on the streets because some people downloaded their album, and anyway it is not like theft of something physical because they have not lost any money producing an actual cd.

Back to the question- have you got the latest version of limewire (or was it possiably the new version that screwed things up- the new version includes quite a few new features that may be conflicting with something)

Also when you say it uninstalls itself do you really mean that all files executables etc dissapear from the programs directory completely or is it just refusing to start?

Bittorrent is better (but unlike Schmako said it can still contain viruses) and I would not recomend using peerguardian.

Anonymous

Taking from the rich and giving to the poor- I dont see Bill Gates strugling to pay the bills because of file sharing or any music artist sleeping on the streets because some people downloaded their album, and anyway it is not like theft of something physical because they have not lost any money producing an actual cd.

But nobody is stealing his paycheck. 'Stealing' off folk that already have too much money is all good. Anyway as CitizenLee says torrents are the way to go. No viruses.

Do you people not realise that the money a recrd company makes also goes towards paying EVERYONE involved? not just the musicians and producers.
such as the studio techies, the receptionists, the tea-boy, the cleaner, the caterer etc?
Most of the people who make a living from the music industry are not rich jetsetters, they're just folks trying to earn a living.
It's these people on normal wages who will be the first to be made redundant becasue of a drop in profits. I know because I've been there.

Of course, if you're a retard, that's probably quite hard to see. You'd also have to be amongst the stupidest creatures alive to assume that torrents do not contain viruses.

CitizenLee

Think what you like.

I buy more CDs / records now due to P2P than I did before. I wont deny I do download music but if I find something I like I buy the CD or record... hell I usually buy both if available! If I dont like what I've downloaded then I'll delete it from my PC.

I'd go the iTunes route but the type of music I like isnt available on there + I like to have something I can see and feel, as lame as that may sound. I like to read the booklet and stuff + iTunes is a total con as far as prices are concerned.

Anyway, I shouldnt have to justify myself, nor should anyone else, as this topic wasnt about piracy and what's morally right or wrong, it was about the program Limewire.

What people choose to use this software for is their business. There's plenty of copywrite free stuff on P2P networks.

I suggest if you dont have anything useful to say on that specific subject other than casting your judgement on people then you keep out of the topic. I mean that in the nicest possible way

baccaman21

There's more to P2P than just music... sheesh... don't forget Games, movies, TV Shows, Porn and Warez - and all their related industries that apparently lose out to Pirates...

I never taped the TOP40 off radio when I was a kid, or did any spectrum game copies on my mates tape2tape Ghettoblaster, and I've certainly never used any hooky copies of photoshop or Maya or 3dstudio or D-Paint.

Incidentally theres also E-mule - but I've never used it :P

WillGTJumper

You dont want to see my downloaded file folder; several GB

mtblambley

ok i dont care whether you think limewires right or wrong i was just asking if anyone could help me with the problem

baccaman21

baccaman21 wrote:

There's more to P2P than just music... sheesh... don't forget Games, movies, TV Shows, Porn and Warez - and all their related industries that apparently lose out to Pirates...
I never taped the TOP40 off radio when I was a kid, or did any spectrum game copies on my mates tape2tape Ghettoblaster, and I've certainly never used any hooky copies of photoshop or Maya or 3dstudio or D-Paint.
:P

I was being EXTREMELY sarcastic... I couldn't give a toss who uses P2P's personally...

Red Panda

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Well, if you want to download illegally, then you deserve whatever crap your computer gets infested with.

My computer hasn't ever been infected with anything untoward, but thanks for your 'eloquently' worded concern

Big Red S

What do you mean when you say it 'uninstalls'? Is there anything left where you originally installed it? When you reinstall it, does it 'remember' any old settings? Are the downloaded files left?

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Moral high-ground my ass. If I came along and stole your paycheck, you'd be pissed off too.

And, working in a shop, I take the same stance on pockets. I see that many things are stolen through the use of these pockets, so I think that no-one should be allowed to use them. Sure, there are some legitimate uses for them, but surely it is worth banning them to stop the illegal ones? And you can't blame me for thinking that everyone who uses pockets does so in order to break the law - if someone came along and stole your paycheque, you'd be pissed off too.
In fact, I lose more per theft to these pockets than artists do to P2P, since I lose a tangible object that has been paid for, and for which a replacement must be purchased, whereas they have, at the very most, lost the chance to gain through the sale of an album.

Red Panda

I really like using libraries and have done since I was a child...so many good books in the world. They're truly amazing places.

BoredHousewife

Red Panda wrote:

I really like using libraries and have done since I was a child...so many good books in the world. They're truly amazing places.

Genius!!!

I'd never thought of that argument

Anonymous

Pockets should be outlawed?
Libraries?

Holy crap you really are ignorant morons.
I bet you'd get annoyed if people were talking on a public forum about ways of breaking into your shop, or of sneaking stuff out without you noticing.
Almost everyone has pockets. an incredibly small minority of those people use their pockets for theft.
A load of things are available on torrent and P2P networks. Saying that a vast majority of it is illegal is about as much of an understatement as saying that pol pot was 'a bit naughty'.

And as for libraries? surerly the closest analogy to a library would be radio?
P2P is more like the dodgy market stall selling copies of CDs and DVDs.

Big Red S

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Holy crap you really are ignorant morons.
I bet you'd get annoyed if people were talking on a public forum about ways of breaking into your shop, or of sneaking stuff out without you noticing.

Yes. And you'd be understandably annoyed if people were on here talking about ways of stealing music. But they're not.
Well, you are. And I think you got one response about it.

Almost everyone has pockets. an incredibly small minority of those people use their pockets for theft.
A load of things are available on torrent and P2P networks. Saying that a vast majority of it is illegal is about as much of an understatement as saying that pol pot was 'a bit naughty'.

I'm not saying that even a large minority of the stuff on torrent or p2p networks is legal.
But it is the act of downloading material you're not supposed to have that is illegal, not using something that would let you.
In the same way as owning a crowbar is perfectly legal, but breaking into a house with it is illegal. And even then, it's not the use of the crowbar that is illegal, but the breaking in.
Peer to peer and torrent clients don't commit copyright theft, their users do.
Using P2P or torrent clients isn't neccesarily A Bad Thing - my torrent client is full of things I'm allowed to be sharing.

Personally, I think the problem is more with the music industry than with P2P. But that's just as a result of waiting for the video industry to report a complete collapse of their market through the phenomenon which is apparently ruining the music one.

And as for libraries? surerly the closest analogy to a library would be radio?

Except you can't browse a radio. And you're not allowed to record off the radio for playback later when you decide you want to.
In a library, for the duration of the loan, you, for all intents and purposes, own the book. Radio is like going to a reading of the book, rather than borrowing it from the library.

Red Panda

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Holy crap you really are ignorant morons.

Denny69

Using E-mule...no problems so far!!! here's one to get the critics of P2P thinking.....

I drive buses for a living and so does my wife and my brother....my point is how many times have you got on a bus paid your fare and travelled 1 or 2 stops further? Doesn't that also jeopordise jobs!!! but I bet you don't give a toss that you could be jeopordising that drivers job!!! (it's just a comparison)

I'm not saying it's right or wrong...we all know the risks involved if you get caught filesharing. By using the software (Limewire, E-mule etc) you accept the risk, if you don't then fair play, It's all about personal choice!!!

Anonymous

Big Red S wrote:

In a library, for the duration of the loan, you, for all intents and purposes, own the book.

No, you do not. You still have to adhere to Copyright laws.
You cannot copy a book in a library word for word, and then distribute it for free.

Anonymous

Denny69 wrote:

Using E-mule...no problems so far!!! here's one to get the critics of P2P thinking.....

I'm not saying it's right or wrong...we all know the risks involved if you get caught filesharing. By using the software (Limewire, E-mule etc) you accept the risk, if you don't then fair play, It's all about personal choice!!!

So, if I was to break into your house, steal all your stuff, and got away with it, you'd think that was "fair play" as long as I'd accepted the risks of being caught?
Bullshit.

I find that in general, the consensus of people who'll freely download stuff they have no legal right to, as long as they're getting away with it, is "who cares?"
Stick the boot on the other foot, and your opinions would soon change.

baccaman21

get off your high horse... give it up already...

I've been making video games for 20 years and have had my games pirated and sold in markets etc etc...

I should be angry but I'm not... at least people are enjoying my work...

Anonymous

Get off my high horse? Get stuffed. This is something about which I believe quite strongly.
It IS theft.

Denny69

If you broke into my house!

You'd have to get past the wife first......is it your stuff P2P users are "stealing"? NO!!!

Am I personally taking money from you..? NO!!!!

The fact is, that as long as people have the means to fileshare they will PERIOD!!!!

If you saw a CD/FILM you really, really wanted, didn't have the money for it but a friend said
" I can get you that for a fraction of the price" you would say NO....just to take the MORAL HIGH GROUND????

I don't think so....you're human and human's will do anything to save a few quid!!!

SORRY IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT but I'm sure there is plenty of people here who will agree with me!!!!

As long as companies like Limewire and E-mule let you have software/music/films etc for free then copyright theft will be a problem. Did you never copy friends tapes when you were younger? Same thing really, so why is this any different?

Like I said, if you use the software you accept the risks......

You do make a good argument against P2P and I see your point that it is theft, pure and simple, but look back and I bet you've done it (copyright theft) yourself...even a little bit!!!

Goto afterdark.com there is a bit on there about P2P and record companies.

This is an opinion not a direct attack on anybody, so please don't think it is.