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Downloading Torrents With Utorrent

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i just downloaded utorrent and it's not working right??

i have 2 torrents going right now and it's d/l right now but it seems like the download bar still says 0 percent..what can i do now?
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I started having problems with Azureus today. Was working perfeectly ok this afternoon. And I consider myself an advanced user of the program. Hope its my ISP and will be fixed in the morning!
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the problem with utorrent is thatit seem to be downloading something..because it's it's d/l+u/p and nothing is showing up under the d/l speed kps and the u/l kbs and the peers are either changing up and down and eta is blank
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dmegametal#1 wrote: the problem with utorrent is thatit seem to be downloading something..because it's it's d/l+u/p and nothing is showing up under the d/l speed kps and the u/l kbs and the peers are either changing up and down and eta is blank
hey doug please look for me on msn or show us a screenshot of you downloading some torrents then we should be able to tell you what the problem is thanks

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thanks Chris..it seems like some torrents were specifically made for Utorrent clients not for ABC clients!!!

i have it working now!!
almost 2hrs of figuring out this torrent client!!!
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dmegametal#1 wrote: thanks Chris..it seems like some torrents were specifically made for Utorrent clients not for ABC clients!!!

i have it working now!!
almost 2hrs of figuring out this torrent client!!!
hehe.. thats good news doug i have only ever used Utorrent myself and i have got it working nicely talk to you soon.

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Cjlcooter wrote:
dmegametal#1 wrote: thanks Chris..it seems like some torrents were specifically made for Utorrent clients not for ABC clients!!!

i have it working now!!
almost 2hrs of figuring out this torrent client!!!
hehe.. thats good news doug i have only ever used Utorrent myself and i have got it working nicely talk to you soon.

Chris
i am new to this client..i have been using ABC for the last 4yrs or so..now with Utorrent..it's so different using it until you get used to it!!

thanks Chris B)
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dmegametal#1 wrote:
Cjlcooter wrote:
dmegametal#1 wrote: thanks Chris..it seems like some torrents were specifically made for Utorrent clients not for ABC clients!!!

i have it working now!!
almost 2hrs of figuring out this torrent client!!!
hehe.. thats good news doug i have only ever used Utorrent myself and i have got it working nicely talk to you soon.

Chris
i am new to this client..i have been using ABC for the last 4yrs or so..now with Utorrent..it's so different using it until you get used to it!!

thanks Chris B)
no problem doug in my opinion it is better then ABC but that is speaking from my own personal experience with it. talk to you soon.. ;)

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dmegametal#1 wrote:thanks Chris..it seems like some torrents were specifically made for Utorrent clients not for ABC clients!!!

i have it working now!!
almost 2hrs of figuring out this torrent client!!!
That makes no sense, all torrents are created using the same universal standard. Some programs allow you set the torrent to be private and thus disables DHT, but that's a discussion for another day. By default on uTorrent its set to use random ports every time for all torrents, unless you go under the settings and configure it to use a specific port, most commonly port 6881. I've been using uTorrent for quite awhile and never had any problems. Its by far the best torrent program I've used.
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Mike..for example on isohunt..it requires you to use utorrent/Azureus ONLY..
some other sites doesn't tell you until you which torrent client will work only after you d/l the torrent and start and get the error message can't connect to tracker or NOT authorized to d/l this torrent!