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PhatShady
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_ 		31. July 2004 @ 18:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just got a new Dell Dimension 4600 w/ P4 3Ghz w/HT and ALL bittorrent clients are locking up my whole PC, forcing a hard re-boot, minutes after a download starts. Running Win2K. Any ideas?
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Toiletman
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_ 		1. August 2004 @ 08:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Could be because of some settings on your computer or that the "client" isn't compatible with Win2k.
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ilepak
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_ 		3. August 2004 @ 03:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

I have had the same problem and I run XP Pro.

I used BitTorrent initially and got great download speeds, 55kbs+ on a 512 kb adsl line. After a few minutes my PC would just crash and reboot. This happened several times.

I then downloaded Azureus and Shareza to try.

Shareza did the same but Azureus would last longer before crashing so persevered with Azureus. I did all the usual stuff like clear all the background progs with little effect.

I stumbled across a message saying my virtual memory was very low (this co-incided with my PC being extremely sluggish.

I increased my virtual memory settings and this seems to have cured the problem (touch wood). I also throttled my download speed to 40 kb/s.

Hope this helps.
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sspeedy
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_ 		3. August 2004 @ 14:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ilepak--i'm having a problem with grokster today, extremely sluggish to the point where i can't do anything but restart the pc.
i believe i did get a low virtual memory message a few days back.... however, i'm new with win2k and not very techie. would you mind explaining how to increase virtual memory in win2k and what it should be?
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Toiletman
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_ 		4. August 2004 @ 08:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Simple search on google gave me this:-

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=259184
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