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File Sharing: Napster Client
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In addition to distributed file sharing, Furthur offers chat, detailed music cataloging and the ability to search on a large number of attributes. Furthur requires a Java 2 runtime environment and provides clients for Windows, MacOS X and Linux. The client software is distributed under a non-commercial, open source license.
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Currently, the most popular file sharing network is Gnutella. The Gnutella network, in a manner similar to Napster, requires users to place files for sharing on their hard drive. Users ... are required to use Gnutella software to connect to the Gnutella network.
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Ares is a full-featured free P2P network with its own file sharing programs including Ares Galaxy. Ares clients support decentralized music and other file sharing and include a built-in chat service. Ares strives to offer the simplicity of Kazaa clients with no adware and fast connection times.
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If you are running Windows XP, you will now need to uninstall (not just disable, but completely uninstall) file and printer sharing on the client machine. This can be done through Network Connections : (each connection) : Properties - select 'File and Printer Sharing' in the list box and press the Uninstall button. This needs to be done for each active network connection on the client machine.
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Gnotella is a distributed real time search and file-sharing program run from a user's desktop as a client and a server (a "servent") on the Gnutella peer-to-peer network. Gnotella allows users to interface directly with each other with no intermediate, central authority, and search for and share any type of digital file (audio, video, word processing documents, recipes, games, and text files). The Gnotella client is designed for the Windows environment and offers features such as multiple simultaneous searches, resumption of partial or failed downloads, improved filtering/spam protection, bandwidth monitoring, enhanced statistics, upload throttling, skinning and other features.
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If you want to avoid disabling the file sharing server on the client machine because you want to retain remote access to the client machine's shared resources, there is another alternative. You can install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter according to instructions relevant to your version of Windows:
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