This is an exact copy of a bug report I sent to Kazaa. Please try and help me. [I keep a very healthy computer and typically have little trouble with memory and system resources. However, there is a problem with Kazaa that is causing my system to suddenly lose massive amounts of resources. The problem only occurs when I am in the "My Kazaa" section and only after I have edited a file (for it's rating, author, etc.). I will lose approximately 1-5% system resources for each file I edit. The problem compounds very quickly until, after editing perhaps 20 files, I am down to 0% system resources. At this point, I close Kazaa and, miraculously, go back up to 88% system resources (for your information, I begin the process with 91% free system resources). Then, I re-open kazaa and the process repeats itself. Kazaa is the only program that I know to do this. When editing files in other progams like RealPlayer and Musicmatch Jukebox, I actually experience no change in system resources. I have my files set up as follows. All my media files are located in a folder I created on my D: drive. The folder contains no partitions; all files sit directly within it. From this folder, I have added all .mp3 files to my musicmatch library and all video files to my realplayer library. Once these files are added, I edit them accordingly within each respective media program. I usually edit them differently than in each media program than I do in kazaa. Things I've tried so far: 1) Setting Kazaa not to function as a supernode, as I heard this can take up to 10% resources. No noticable change. Problem persists. 2) Restricting the amount of simultaneous downloads. No noticable change. Problem persists. 3) Disconnecting from the server when I edit files. No noticable change. Problem persists. 4) Restarting the computer. No noticable change. Problem persists. 5) Computer Maintenance (Scandisk, Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter) No noticable change. Problem Persists. 6) Virus scanning with Norton Antivirus (with latest virus updates). No viruses found. Problem persists. My Computer Stats: Processor: Pentium III 866 Mhz Ram: 384.0 Mb SDRAM? Not the newer type of RAM (which I believe is called RDRAM) Operating System: Windows ME, with all updates critical updates. I have had many of the previous versions of Kazaa (can't remember the first version I had). I am not sure if I would have had this problem in the past because, quite honestly, I have not edited my files through kazaa until this point. I hope this will help you to assist me in figuring out exactly what is going on with your program. That is, supposing that you do respond to these reports, which I was not able to ascertain from the bug report page. Maybe I just missed it.] LOL, turns out that they don't tell you the bug report won't be responded to until after you send it. Oh well, I didn't think they'd respond anyway. That's why I'm here asking for your help. Please, offer any suggestions you may have. Thank you in advance. Auriel
I've written to a couple of boards about this same issue. It just started happening recently and I thought it was a problem with my system. I've adjusted my virtual memory but the same thing happens. I know Kazaa is a danger to the casual user but I check my system daily for trojans and viruses and just plain like the fact that whatever I search far, Kazaa has. By the way, I'm using the lite version running XP Pro with 512 megs of ram on a P4 1.7 system. I've never ever had this error with anything else running.
