Hello... I downloaded Xolox because of it's promise to be hassle-free. There is a banner in the main window, there are banners and links in the HTML windows, some media types seem to bring up child browsers, and I get popup's at random times since I installed Xolox. I'd gladly pay some money for a decent, p2p client that is really hassle free and behaves like a professional OS-integrated client - is there one? Or am I missing how to turn these off in xolox somehow through registration or something??

Also, downloads are very slow, or seem to start and never finish - I've never seen any file actually resume download on restart even though they're listed. I've tried on my cable modem, and on a barely utilized T3 line with the same results.

The ad banner in the main window is really not that bad. It is there so Xolox is free. If you would like to pay for a Gnutella servant I don't know of any to recommend.

As for the files that are launching browser windows, that is a problem with that actual files you are downloading. There have been many files found on the network (independant of Xolox) that have been planted for commercial reasons. This is an issue that is not specifically related to Xolox.

Xolox has only one popup (immediatly at startup), so the rest of the popups might be the resutls of third party programs left on your computer by other servents. I recommend using a program like Adware (http://www.lavasoft.de) to help get rid of any such programs.

Your problems with downloading may have to do with the specific files you are trying to get. Rare files are hard to get regardless of the servent you are using. Also, try and be pataint. Because Gnutella is p2p, you have to depend on other people's computers. Your problem may not be on your end.