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- What is Kazaa Lite? Kazaa Lite (sometimes called 'K-Lite') is a Peer-to-Peer File Sharing application that does not contain any 'Spyware'. In actual fact, it is a modified version of the very popular Kazaa Media Desktop (often called the 'Original Kazaa' or 'KMD'), which is made by Sharman Networks. Both programs are very similar, with almost identical features and appearance. The main difference is that Kazaa Lite has been modified so that it does not have any of the so-called 'Spyware' and 'Adware' that comes with the Original Kazaa. Kazaa Lite provides sharing of all kinds of media and software. It is a 'FastTrack' Client, which means it connects to the FastTrack P2P network system, just like some other popular file sharing programs like Kazaa, Grokster and iMesh. (And in the past also Morpheus, which now only connects to the Gnuttella network) Kazaa Lite can download single files from multiple users to ensure you get the most efficient use of your bandwidth. They also resumes broken downloads or downloads that were in progress when you shut down your computer last. All-in-all, FastTrack is a very good, very powerful P2P system. The authors of Kazaa Lite were concerned about the fact that the Original Kazaa contained unwanted third party software and wanted to be able to use it without that software. So a cleaned up version was made: Kazaa Lite! Kazaa Lite is not a different program, it's the same program, just without all the additional software. We don't have any source code of the program. That makes is almost impossible to make big changes to the program or add new features. Nevertheless, we did succeed in making big improvements to the program by modifying some of it's machine-code, adding plugins and external utilities. What is Peer-To-Peer File Sharing? File sharing is the act of making certain files stored on your computer available for other people to download thus sharing them. Other users also share their files to make a huge online collection. You use a file-sharing client, such as Kazaa Lite to search this collection for something you're interested in, and can then download it directly from the other user(s) hard drive(s). This idea was originally made popular by Napster, which has subsequently closed to develop a new version of their file sharing program. Unlike Napster, where file types were restricted to music files, Kazaa Lite allows these shared files to be all sorts of different media: audio files, video clips, photos and even software applications. If you have a band, getting your tracks on the Kazaa (FastTrack) network is a great way to get your music known and recognized. Budding filmmakers can have the same sort of exposure. It's called peer-to-peer because of the way in which files are downloaded directly from other users' hard drives. Traditionally, when downloading files, you get them from a large server. Everyone connects to this server to download the files so it needs a lot of bandwidth. This structure is called a hierarchy, because all the users computers 'look up' to the big servers. The FastTrack network has no servers every computer is on pretty much the same level. They communicate and transfer files between each other, which means no single machine requires lots of bandwidth. With Kazaa Lite, you can even download bit of the same file from different users to make the most efficient use of bandwidth.
How can I download skins for Kazaa Lite ? Just search for "kazaa skins" in Kazaa Lite and you will
find lots of them.
Changing the startup page to up2dat.com Go to Options > Kazaa Lite K++ Options > K++ Options
What does the More Sources needed message mean? It means that all the users sharing the file you want went offline while you were downloading. Kazaa Lite uses intelligent downloads to periodically try and continue downloading your file, so just leave Kazaa Lite to run until it finds it again.
Supernodes are an essential part of the network. When being a Supernode,
other users in your neighbourhood will automatically upload to your
machine a small list of files they are sharing, whenever possible using
the same Internet Service Provider or located in the same region as
you. When they search they send the search request to you as a Supernode.
This request will also be forwarded to other supernodes. The results
are then send back to the user. The actual download will be directly
from the computer who is sharing the file, not from you. The download
goes from them to the person who wants it, peer-to-peer. What are these kind of files: .bin .cue .iso .nfo ? .bin
What do I do with these kind of files: .bin .cue .iso ? You can burn them on a CD-R if you have a CD-Writer.
This tool can be used to create a 'hash' from a file which you can share with other people. A hash is an almost unique fingerprint of a file. With that hash other people can download the exact same file as where you created the hash from. A QuickLink is a hash in the form of a hyperlink. It uses it own protocol (sig2dat://) to be able to send a hash to a program when you click on the hyperlink. Similar to the protocol (http://) that is used to open webpages in your webbrowser. There are several different programs that can create and use these hashes. The first one was Sig2Dat, that is why we call these hashes Sig2Dat hashes. The latest version of Kazaa Lite contains a similar program called K-Sig. K-Sig has some extra options compared to the old Sig2Dat program. Below you will find some simple guides for creating and using Sig2Dat hashes. Both for the Sig2Dat program and for the K-Sig program.
How to use Sig2Dat to download files (hash)? A Sig2Dat hash looks like this for example:
How to use Sig2Dat to download files (quicklink) A Sig2Dat quicklink looks like this for example:
Why is the filesize displayed as 0 KB when I click on a QuickLink? This is normal when you add downloads directly to the Kazaa Lite traffic
window. The correct filesize will be displayed once the first source
(a person who shares that file) is found by Kazaa Lite. |
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