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10 ways to speedup your eDonkey transfers

• 1 - If you look at your screen from a certain angle, with your right eye, and turn your head slightly until you start to get more sources on your download, then keep your head turned that way. Blinking seems to slow transfers down.
• 2 - You might notice that when there are a lot of people in your room, it gets harder to connect to a server. I always lock my door before running eDonkey!
• 3 - Hold the left CTRL key down will increase the number of hits you get for a download. The effect tends to disappear after a while. When it does, just release the left CTRL key and hold the right CTRL key instead! I didn't try every keys.
• 4 - You may increase the chance to lose your connection to a server when you move the mouse, so it's better to stick to your keyboard. Remember to keep CTRL pressed while you're not pressing any other keys!
• 5 - Leaving your PC alone for a long period while you are using eDonkey slows transfers down. Try to stay nearby as much as possible.
• 6 - Dowloading german or spanish files is a lot faster.
• 7 - Dowloading the same file a second time is always faster. When eDonkey stops dowloading a file with less than 5% of the download left, cancel the download and start again. Apply this technique to german or spanish files and your downloads will be made in no time!
• 8 - Servers won't let you connect if your ID is too low. The ID is a checksum based on your "User Name". Change it and restart eDonkey until you get a very high ID!
• 9 - This one is for hardcore users only! - run REGEDIT - open the following key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSetting - create a REG_DWORD key called "DownstreamPipeThreading" - give it a value between 0x0001 and 0x000F - Higher values than 0x000F seem to slow my computer down. You may want to give it a try if you've got a high-end box like a P4 2Ghz+ with a lot of RAM!
• 10 - I don't know if this one is true but a friend of mine told me his transfers are faster when he uses a lower screen resolution (i.e. 640 x 480 in 256 colors)