FriendlyGuy Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 You know that "neat" little scam warning that you're only supposed to see once when you start µTorrent for the first time? It won't go away for me. And it won't go away since version 1.4. I used to think it was because of third party utilities like TriggerMenuItem, but this time I'm exiting manually and it makes no difference.I've done clean upgrades, I've even reinstalled Windows since 1.4 and it still doesn't help. I'm starting to think this is the intended behavior. The message doesn't always pop up, just every third time µTorrent is run or so. Is there any way to get rid of it? I can't erase all my settings all the time only to have it show up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 It's not intended behavior, as you are the only person I've seen reporting this issue.It may have to do with uT not being able to read/access the location where the setting that controls wether or not that message is displayed is stored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 That, or maybe the settings files are getting reset periodically. Or maybe whatever µTorrent uses to identify your computer is getting changed periodically for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 It's not supposed to happen repeatedly.Clear the settings, run it, close the message, exit the program manually. Wait a minute before starting it again (to ensure that the settings are written). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGuy Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Sorry about the late reply. I got swamped with work.The settings are stored in the uTorrent folder under Application Data. Free disk space is at 41% and every other application can access their subfolders in there, so I don't see why µTorrent would be any different. No folders are encrypted, although some have a partial read-only checkbox mark, including uTorrent. I'll clear that and see if it helps.About indentifying my computer, I can't imagine what that could be. I haven't added any new hardware and I have a static IP address.About clearing the settings, do you mean erasing settings.dat and settings.dat.old? Will this affect my torrents? Assuming I clear and input all my settings again, could I simply backup my settings.dat and overwrite it if I get the message again?Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 No, it shouldn't clear your torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Hm,recently I got this same message every now and then.Not disturbing but I got the program as freeware and did not pay anything for it.I only got it with the latest stable version.It feels like a little nag,easy to click away,yet it's not every time.It occurs random.I will try clearing the settings file."update" It did not help at all.I'm using the .exe version from utorrent,I don't know if this is different from the stand alone package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGuy Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Finally, someone else to report this obnoxious nuisance!! I erased both settings.dat and settings.dat.old, had a blast inputting all my settings again, exited via File > Exit, waited 5 minutes, started µTorrent again—no problems—exited. Hours later, the message pops up again! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Hm,I have the feeling every time I change something in my settings this message pops up the next time I start the client.I could be totally wrong,so I'm not gonna change my speed settings or other things for a while,maybe it helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGuy Posted August 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Please let us know if it works, so someone can file a bug report or whatever will get ludde to finally fix this. :/ My bandwidth is very limited, so I have to fiddle with the max cap constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Well, it stayed away,but since yesterday I'm fiddling with the settings again and when I fired up the client today it showed me the message again.This all started when I got a router,I don't want to bother the other users so I frequently cap my upload speed.I can't put my finger on it if it happens with the speed guide setting or preferences in menu.I'm inclined to believe it comes from the speed guide setting,this would make sense since this is the first thing you get to see when running the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGuy Posted August 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 I haven't touched the Preferences menu or the Speed guide, I cap the speed using the status bar or systray icon. Either way, I guess a new settings.dat file is written, which triggers the message? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callifo Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 I reported this error a while ago and basically got told the same fix. It did work for a while but now its back to its old tricks and I get it everytime almost. Annoying thing is its on a torrentbox so the only way I tell its happening, is the torrent wont autostart. Is there an older version I can go back to as this never used to be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 read this thread and have to confirm that i have the same problem, the message keeps popping up once in a while...can't seem to find the pattern though. maybe when i switch my internetconnections, whatever.why can't this be fixed, it seems so trivial yet is extremely annoying. who cares if people payed for it, the damage is done, let it go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 It's not like µTorrent is doing this on purpose. The only reason it's happening is that *something* on YOUR computer is causing µTorrent's check to fail, so there's no point telling anyone/anything to just "let it go" -- if you want to blame someone, why don't you just blame your computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGuy Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Oh, so it's "something" that's causing it. Thank you, that clears it up. There is absolutely nothing that changes about my computer or my connection. Static IP, same DNS servers, no firewall changes, no background antivirus or antispyware scanner, no other programs using µTorrent's data folder. It was said I was the only one with the problem—that's clearly not the case. Now I'm being blamed, when this looks like a clear-cut bug.All I'm asking—as politely as possible—is if anyone here knows what µTorrent uses to determine whether or not to display that message, please clue us in. Or please ask ludde, seeing how there's no contact info posted.Edit: Whoops. Forgot to check the About box I'll see if I can get a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I never claimed to have the answer as to what that "something" was, so you're welcome for giving you an answer I never intended on giving in the first place, and for clearing everything up for you. I was ONLY responding to Titus, thank you very much.Edit: And before you tell me that his response relates to the whole thread, and that therefore my response does as well, I don't think everyone in the thread is implying that µTorrent is consciously just not letting go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Has your network adapter been disabled recently? Either manually or by something (like cFosSpeed's installer).I had this happen too, and I do believe it did happen exactly when cFosSpeed killed my adapter to install the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyGuy Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 It's disabled/enabled by devcon on a regular basis, since it runs as a scheduled task. Leaving it enabled is simply not an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 So um, doesn't that count as something changing "about [your] computer or [your] connection"?Note: Don't misconstrue this as me choosing a position as to whether a fix should or should not be made for µTorrent, I'm just pointing out that some people might THINK they have nothing changing in their computer, when in fact something IS changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 that's why you see it repeatedly.Why do you need to disable your adapter on a regular basis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Well,despite the so called fact it must be our computers,I only suffer from it when I change my speed settings in speed guide menu.I do not really mind the occasional popup because now I know why this happens to me.I do find it usefull to have this popup at first install.The rest is cosmetic and maybe because of this little thread this issue can be resolved in the next version of utorrent.As for others that don't experience this,it could be most only use the speed guide from menu once and after that just use the preferences from menu.I just found it handy to switch easily from xx/2Mbit to xx/1Mbit so the other computers on my network have some bandwidth also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 I've switched several times between the different Speed Guide presets with no popup message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Well,I'm done with this,it's hardly any constructive to read such replies.I got this,well I don't,but I really have this,yep but I don't.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Flow what do you want to hear then? That it is a bug when in fact the majority does NOT experience this behaviour?Oviously in those single cases where it happends it has something to do with the specifics of that Users PC or their behaviour regarding the operating of that PC.If someone tells you that simple switching of the speed guide settings does not produce it, then you are not satisfied and you are "done with this"?Man, go and read how to report a bug then!http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.htmlbtw. I changed the CTRL+G settings more then once too and never ever saw the popup message a second time so it's not THAT what causes it and Ultima is right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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