Comments on: Continuous hash fails http://battleangel.org/2004/11/08/continuous-hash-fails/ Tell us what you despise; by this are you truly known. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Björn Hallberg http://battleangel.org/2004/11/08/continuous-hash-fails/#comment-312 Björn Hallberg Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:03:45 +0000 #comment-312 Don't recall if I ever tried Sygate. But it's worth a shot. For one, ZoneAlarm seems awfully bloated. For example ZA eats up 18-20MB RAM which seems a little much. Even so, one does get territorial with one's favorite software suits and it (Sygate) would have to deliver a pretty good first impression if I'd consider switching.<br /><br />Sadly, I never managed to track down the hash failures. I recall I did reinstall Windows but to no avail. Ended up using another computer entirely for bittorrent. The software on all three computers is the same and as such I suspect some sort of hardware issue, hard drive related perhaps. Though I never investigated that further. Don’t recall if I ever tried Sygate. But it’s worth a shot. For one, ZoneAlarm seems awfully bloated. For example ZA eats up 18-20MB RAM which seems a little much. Even so, one does get territorial with one’s favorite software suits and it (Sygate) would have to deliver a pretty good first impression if I’d consider switching.

Sadly, I never managed to track down the hash failures. I recall I did reinstall Windows but to no avail. Ended up using another computer entirely for bittorrent. The software on all three computers is the same and as such I suspect some sort of hardware issue, hard drive related perhaps. Though I never investigated that further.

]]> By: BobPaul http://battleangel.org/2004/11/08/continuous-hash-fails/#comment-311 BobPaul Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:00:37 +0000 #comment-311 Use sygate personal firewall. It's free and much better than zone alarm. They also have a pay version with lots of features, but even the free one is very configurable if you want it to be, or as easy as zone alarm if you don't play with the options.<br /><br /><a href="http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm">http://smb.sygate.com/produ...</a><br /><br />Won't fix Azureus. I'm having the same problem. My install of WinXP Pro also won't do compatibility mode (right click any shortcut or *.exe and choose properties. You should see a "Compatibility" tab. Mine is missing and 16-bit apps don't run) so I have a feeling it might be something fux0red in windows. I'm going to do a fresh install and hope that solves it. Use sygate personal firewall. It’s free and much better than zone alarm. They also have a pay version with lots of features, but even the free one is very configurable if you want it to be, or as easy as zone alarm if you don’t play with the options.

http://smb.sygate.com/produ...

Won’t fix Azureus. I’m having the same problem. My install of WinXP Pro also won’t do compatibility mode (right click any shortcut or *.exe and choose properties. You should see a "Compatibility" tab. Mine is missing and 16-bit apps don’t run) so I have a feeling it might be something fux0red in windows. I’m going to do a fresh install and hope that solves it.

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