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dinga271
Joined: 31 May 2006
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 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:21 am Post subject: trouble with uTorrent |
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I had uTorrent on my computer this morning but because of a bogus anti-spyware program all my programs on my C drive were uninstalled.
I use mininova for searching for torrents and (stupidly) just decided to download Vuze. Thought that it would be better to go back to uTorrent so I uninstalled Vuze, went to the uTorrent homepage, downloaded uTorrent stable 1.8.2, did the speed test, saved the settings so it is now sitting in the bottom task bar.
Went to mininova to download a torrent to make sure everything was ok but what happens next:
File download box comes up with 'name of torrent' type: Vuze download and from: mininova.org.. I hit the open button and this comes up
C:\Documents and Settings\(my name)\Local Settings\Temporary Internet files\content.IE5\4HUB4H2N\(torrent name) mininova.torrent
Application not found!
So I have installed uTorrent (supposedly) but torrents I want to download are having nothing to do with it and everything is being referred to Vuze (even though I have uninstalled it!)
Sorry for the length of the post but I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this problem I have encountered
Many thanks |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:17 am Post subject: |
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What are you using for a browser?
In Firefox.. click on
Tools
Options
Applications (scroll down to torrent file and change the "action" to use utorrent) |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds like you could also use ccleaner, to clean out your old registry items |
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dinga271
Joined: 31 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| skconqueror wrote: |
What are you using for a browser?
In Firefox.. click on
Tools
Options
Applications (scroll down to torrent file and change the "action" to use utorrent) |
Internet Explorer |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Ok, sorry. Here is easiest way .. for all browsers..
Win XP: Control Panel/Folder Options/File Types
Look for TORRENT
Click Change and change it to uTorrent. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Another concern with uTorrent is the ratio statistic. How come my ratio is slowly going down even though I always seed more than I download? I used to be close to 10 but now I am at 8.408... I am always a courteous downloader and never a leech. What gives? |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| cangel wrote: |
| Another concern with uTorrent is the ratio statistic. How come my ratio is slowly going down even though I always seed more than I download? I used to be close to 10 but now I am at 8.408... I am always a courteous downloader and never a leech. What gives? |
A ratio is just that.. a ratio..
To continue to have a ratio of over 10.. you must have a ratio of 10:1 on your downloads.. If you start only getting a ratio of 5:1 your ratio will slowly go down. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, ok, I got it. Thanks... I thought so long as I had a per torrent ratio greater that 1:1 then my overall ratio would go up. Kind of stupid of me. Thanks for clarifying. What's considered a decent ratio? |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| cangel wrote: |
| Oh, ok, I got it. Thanks... I thought so long as I had a per torrent ratio greater that 1:1 then my overall ratio would go up. Kind of stupid of me. Thanks for clarifying. What's considered a decent ratio? |
umm I think decent is a ratio of 2 or 3. You are definitely fine.
The bigger the buffer the better in my opinion though.
Ratio: 11.106 Uploaded: 1.101 TB Downloaded: 101.50 GB
This is my new site.. after 17 weeks.. not bad. |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| Sometimes when you install utorrent it does not get set as the default torrent program. Go into untorrent settings thus Options-Preferences-General Setting - check for Associate with .torrent. |
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