Soulseek should burn in hell!! (rock, p2p, quote, Ching)

_Alizer_ · 02-11-2007, 11:12 AM

WinMX died a while back if I remember correctly, and wasn't that great anyway.

Soulseek is great, but I have the same problems sometimes.

Where can I get this patch you talk about?

adidasss · 02-20-2007, 04:08 AM

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My transfers stays in "Initializing" or Soulseek works okay during the first minutes and then seems to freeze.

You have probably installed the Windows XP Service Pack 2 or your computer came bundled with this service pack.

Service Pack 2 contains a number of bug fixes and new features.

One of those new "feature" is a capping on the number of concurrent half-open TCP connections. Windows XP SP2 is severely the number of ongoing connections you can make to the Internet in a given laps of time (maximum 10 half-open TCP connections). SoulSeek, like any P2P software, rely heavily on ongoing connections to connect to the SoulSeek Distributed Network and to initiate File transfers. The software will seems to "hang" while it's actually Windows XP delaying the connection.

You can check for this by looking into your Event Viewer in the Administrative Tools of your Windows XP Control Panel.

The bad news is that this capping setting CANNOT be changed. Microsoft just didn't provide any registry entries not configuration file to do this.

To restore pre-SP2 behavior (= no limit), you must patch a system file. PLEASE only go further with this procedure if you feel confident you can succeed AND if you have backups of your worthy files in case your Windows XP doesn't want to boot anymore. We cannot be held responsible if anything goes wrong, you have been warned. At your own risks.

Visit this website, read everything carefully and then proceed. You need to restart your computer after the procedure.

adidasss · 02-20-2007, 07:57 AM

Problem fixed with the patch found on the soulseek site, no more "initializing" to infinity, and all is well with the world again.

Sparky · 02-20-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Problem fixed with the patch found on the soulseek site, no more "initializing" to infinity, and all is well with the world again.

which one is the patch? the one that said "fixed for systems with ie7"

Barnard17 · 02-20-2007, 08:51 AM

That is most useful.

adidasss · 02-20-2007, 04:30 PM

http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads

That's the patch I'm referring to.

Sparky · 02-20-2007, 04:34 PM

that site doesn't look very legit, but hell if it makes soulseek run faster..

aww **** didn't work anyway. it keeps saying "patch aborted"

adidasss · 02-20-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

that site doesn't look very legit, but hell if it makes soulseek run faster..

aww **** didn't work anyway. it keeps saying "patch aborted"

What exactly is your problem with Soulseek? Have you even read what that patch is for (seeing as how you clearly haven't read how it's used)?

Sparky · 02-20-2007, 05:47 PM

some times it ****s up my firefox, sometimes crashes my computer. And a lot of the time just wont download anything.

I havent used it in a while now though. Would my zonealarm firewall mess with it at all?

and, yes im pretty computer illiterate. So how exactly is the patched use, i clicked on the one that had exe at the end, and it was running for a bit and then aborted

Barnard17 · 02-20-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

and, yes im pretty computer illiterate. So how exactly is the patched use, i clicked on the one that had exe at the end, and it was running for a bit and then aborted

Then you pressed the wrong button.

The patch is because windows XP service pack 2 limits the amount of connections you can have at any one time. When you max that it just shuts off, meaning that torrent and P2P programmes are S.H.I.T. The patch enables you to allow windows to open more connections. You have to read what the command prompt is telling you because at some points it says "pressing no will abort the patching process".

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads That's the patch I'm referring to. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-11-2007, 11:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
_Alizer_ Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 55	WinMX died a while back if I remember correctly, and wasn't that great anyway. Soulseek is great, but I have the same problems sometimes. Where can I get this patch you talk about?

02-20-2007, 04:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	that site doesn't look very legit, but hell if it makes soulseek run faster.. aww **** didn't work anyway. it keeps saying "patch aborted"

02-20-2007, 05:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	some times it ****s up my firefox, sometimes crashes my computer. And a lot of the time just wont download anything. I havent used it in a while now though. Would my zonealarm firewall mess with it at all? and, yes im pretty computer illiterate. So how exactly is the patched use, i clicked on the one that had exe at the end, and it was running for a bit and then aborted