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Originally posted by sberlin
The steps that say "Verifying File" and "Saving File" are really just more information for users. It used to continue to say downloading at 100% complete, but that was very confusing to many people, as it would wait at that state for a long time while internally it really was verifying and saving. There is no internet traffic going on during those states, but there is a bit of processor intensive verification going on, to ensure that the file you downloaded is exactly the file you expected to get. If even a single bit is off, LimeWire will notify you that the download is corrupted. |
Mmm...since I've never been notified that a download is corrupt, that means all my downloads have been perfect...I don't seem to need the verifying & saving. If I had a choice I'd turn it off. Most of my downloads have taken less than 5 minutes, but the verifying & saving can add a half hour to the process on my admittedly slow Mac. I'd rather take my chances with the odd single bit being off.