Installation

The installation file is 3,274KB and once launched the Wizard will guide you through the installation process. When prompted to choose components leave the Take Ed2k-links option checked if you don’t have another eDonkey protocol file-sharing program installed; configure how you want the program to be shared amongst the other users (pay special attention to that screen if you are running Windows Vista) and finish the installation.

When you run the program for a first time, a Set-up wizard will help you configure the program; simply choose a username and you can leave the rest of the default options intact.

Ease of use

Even if you have never dealt with any file-sharing programs before, you can start using eMule right away – click the Connect button, wait a few seconds and you are ready to search for that hard to find file. And since millions of users are connected to each one of the networks at all times, you are likely to find anything that you search for; the most popular files will be shared by more online users, which will make their download faster, but eMule can help you find even rare gems. You can refine your search by file type, size, network, server, and extension.

Once you have examined the search results, right-click on the file of your choice if you want to download it. When you click the transfers’ button, you will see the files that you are currently uploading and downloading – again, right click on any of them for more options – you can pause, stop, resume and cancel any of the downloads, assign priorities, leave comments, examine the file’s details, etc. With the latest version you can choose to share a single file instead of whole directories, leave messages, and connect to IRC; there is also an automatic corrupt file’s recovery, statistics and new security features.

eMule is a freeware and works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7

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Installation

Vuze is easy to install, but the latest release comes with a few add-ons such as toolbar, Outlook plug-in, and a default browser search option, which you might wish to omit from your installation. Depending on your firewall settings, you might get a prompt right after the installation letting you know that some of the program’s features have been blocked – make your selection from the two options (private or public computer) and click the Allow access button in order to enable them.

Ease of use

Vuze comes with a built-in browser, which lets you search for, download, and play media files; the interface is easy to use and navigate and a simple three-step guide will show you how to use software right away. The Vuze’s own HD network can be accessed from within the program with a single mouse click and will give you access to comedy and music videos, TV shows, games and other torrents. All features that you might be familiar with in other bittorent clients such as queuing, assigning priorities, starting and pausing the torrents downloads and IP filters can be found here as well. The advanced users and independent content producers, who wish to share their media files, can take advantage of proxy use, different seeding and downloading management rules, trackers, torrent creation wizards and other options.

All the torrents that are currently being downloaded or seeded are neatly organized in a Media Library, giving you quick access to any of them – right clicking on the torrent will show any additional information that you might need such as elapsed time, estimated downloading time, download speed, number of seeds, etc. The Vuze community forum and blog can be accessed from the main menu and so can the help files, the configuration wizard and tools such as My Tracker, Consoles, Statistics and Transfer Bar.

Vuze is a freeware, cross-platform application and runs on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

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uTorrent was designed from the ground up to be a lightweight program. Installation is virtually instant and only prompts you to ask about where to place shortcuts. Once running the amount of RAM the program uses will depend on how many torrents you have running at once but should stay within the boundaries of around 30MB for average use.

Ease of Use

Years ago before the bittorrent protocol really took off as a fast and effective way of downloading large files, there were only a couple of options when it came to clients. Now that bittorrent traffic forms a large portion of all traffic on the Internet there are many options. Some of them, like uTorrent, are miles ahead of the competition.

One of the best things about uTorrent is although it barely registers in terms of system resources, it’s clear from the very first time you use the program that it takes no shortcuts in quality. The client has full support for port forwarding, download throttling, proxy support, scheduled downloads and a million other features that make downloading easier and faster.
Amongst some of the more unique features is the WebUI. Once set up, this allows you to control the program from another computer without using external remote access. You can update your downloads over the Internet even when you’re not at the computer.

uTorrent also features all the modern features of a bittorrent client including DHT, Teredo, IPv6, UPnP and Protocol Encryption. It’s even been designed to run efficiently on legacy operating systems like Windows 95.

Overall, the program is one of the very best bittorrent clients ever created. It’s easy to set up, even easier to customize and makes downloading files of any size an astonishingly easy task.

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