just changed from bearshare and need acouple of hints/help
can someone explain the difference between needs new sources & awaiting sources ( do i hit force resume on awaiting sources ? )
also when i try to share all my files ( approx 28gb ) that i wish too limewire freezes i,m currently only sharing 16,807 out of about 79,000 . anyone know any tips,tricks or settings i should be using ??
i was able to share these with bearshare even though it took ages to load. loool
i used to upload anywhere from 400 to 1000 files a day now its more like 100.
anyway to convert bearshare temp files to be able to be used with limewire or is it possible for this to be brought in in the future
thanks in advance

xp home (sp2) zonealarmpro limewire4.6 ram768

I don't know about BS temp files. Somebody else asked about Kazaa temp files before. I doubt it! All the incomplete file info is stored in a file called download.dat which is found in your incomplete folder. So if these downld prefs don't contain any history of these BS temp files then it's unlikely to utilise them.

Need more sources is when you your files cannot find enough sources (or have lost contact with) to download. Awaiting Sources is roughly the equivalent but is the last stage after having used the Resume/Find Sources button. I do not recommend using the Resume/FS button on many files. It's most effective if you've been downlding the files at an earlier time during that session & already have the search results for them available.

As far as sharing a large no. of files, if you find it takes too long to load them then rotate them. Lots of people do this. One month or week they'll share perhaps 25% / 50% of their files & then swap them around after that. You can add/remove shared folders either from Tools>Options>Sharing or from the Library window menu File>Add or Remove folder to share. I must say 28 GB is a lot, but I share the same GB (but about 3k files) lol. I guess it depends on the speed of your computer I suppose.

Some hints (links to links): http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34114

You can configure your firewalls here:http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

i don't have any problem with how long it takes to start load (BS used to take 15-20 min) limeware loads 28gb of shared files in less than 5-6 but after 10 minutes of so it freezes where as BS wouldn't . was hoping there might be trick or setting i could change or someone had fixed the same prob ;(
thanks 4 ur quick respone though

OK with such a load & probably lots of incomplete files as well ... might I suggest you leave LW for 30 mins before doing anything with it. Remember LW is not only loading your shared files & folders but also your incompletes whilst simultaneously trying to connect to each individual incomplete one by one. So LW is very busy at this time. That's why I suggest you should let it settle down 1st before doing anything. And don't resume all your files using the resume button. That will very definitely stress LW & is not the most effective method of finding sources. Doing a search is the best technique. Follow some of the other tips I left re: searching & downlding tips. See the example I left at the bottom of one of the posts.

will do thanks again have already been reading tips and will try them
i get a kick out of seeing hundreds of files uploading each day 100 or less just p$#%^ me off lol