TO DISABLE FILE
SHARING IN KaZaA or Morpheus 1:
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Open KaZaA
Media Desktop
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Click “Tools”
on the top menu bar, and then select “Options” from the menu
"Tools" menu. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
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In the
“Options” Window, select the tab for “Traffic.”
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In the
“Traffic” window, place a check in the box that states, “Disable
sharing of files with other KaZaA users.” (Figure 2)
Figure 2
5.
In the “Advanced” window, place a check in the box that states, “Do
not function as a SuperNode.” (Figure 3)
Figure 3
6.
This will turn off the ability of other users to download from your
computer. This will noticeably increase your internet speeds.
TO
DISABLE FILE SHARING IN Morpheus 2.0:
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Open Morpheus.
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Click “Edit” on
the top menu bar, and then select “Options” from the "Edit" menu.
(Figure 4)
Figure 4
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In the
“Options” window, select “Traffic”
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Change the
Maximum Upload Bandwidth to “5”. (Figure 5)
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Change the
Maximum simultaneous uploads to “0”. (Figure 5)
Figure 5
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Select “OK” to
save your changes.
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Unlike KaZaA,
Morpheus may still attempt to share files regardless of these
changes. To ensure that the files you download from Morpheus are
not shared, move the files from Morpheus’ “My Shared Files” as
soon as they complete downloading. (Figure 6) If you leave the
files in this location, other users may still be able to download
from your machine.
Figure 6
Napster
During setup, scan
for files to share. After scan is completed, remove any checks on
the following screen to disable file sharing.
On the next screen, select the folder in which you want to store
your downloaded files and then check the box that says, "Don't share
files in download folder."
If you forget to do these steps during the setup process or already
have the program set up to share, you can disable sharing by
clicking the File>Preferences tab.
Once in the preferences menu, select the "Transfer" tab and click
the "Share more folders" button:
In this screen, be
sure all boxes are un-checked, as pictured above. Also, when not
using Napster, merely clicking the 'X' in the upper-right corner is
not enough! You need to right-click the Napster icon in the system
tray & select "Exit" from the drop-down menu.
iMesh
When registering as a
new user on iMesh, when you get to this screen:
Be sure to uncheck the "run iMesh on startup," "Share download
folder and all of its sub-folders automatically," and "Allow other
users to view all my shared files" boxes. If iMesh is already set up
& running, go into the Preferences>options menu.
Select the "share" category and be sure the "allow other users to
view all my shared files" box is un-checked.
Once again, merely clicking the 'X' in the upper-right corner will
not close iMesh, so you need to right-click the icon in the system
tray and select "exit" from the drop-down menu.
Audio Galaxy
When installing Audio
Galaxy you will be asked if you would like to put Audio Galaxy in
your Startup Folder for easier use. . .select "no."
The only way to keep files from being shared with Audio Galaxy is to
exit the satellite when not in use. To do this, select the File>exit
file agent option in the satellite menu and select "yes" when asked
if you want to close it.
Aimster
When installing
Aimster, you will be asked to install Aimster instant messaging
Layer. Click "Do not install", then hit next and proceed with
the installation.
Once installed, or if
you have already installed aimster, you need to turn off uploading.
Launch aimster and click on settings.
Under the Aimster
tab, make sure "Start Aimster when windows starts" is unchecked.
Even after disabling
this option, however, Aimster installs a shortcut in your start-up
folder. To avoid Aimster starting up the next time you start your
computer, open Windows Explorer by right-clicking the start button
and selecting "Explore from here."
Navigate to the
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp folder and remove the
shortcut to Aimster.
 
Under the Transfers tab, change the number of uploads to 0.
Closing Aimster by
clicking the 'X' in the upper-right corner will not close the
application. You need to right click on the Aimster symbols (
and  )
by your clock. Then select exit.
Gnutella
When installing
Gnutella this screen pops up. Select "Share Only Specified Types"
and make sure to remove all file types. Select each one and click
remove.
If you already have
Gnutella installed, launch the application and click on setup.
The settings window will pop up. Select the "Shared files" tab. Once
at the "Shared Files" tab, you need to remove all file types in the
"Extensions" area. Click on one file type at a time and click
remove. Then uncheck the "Share all types of files" box..
To close Gnutella,
click the "X" in the top right corner.
Scour Exchange
Scour doesn't have any way to regulate files and uploading. You need
to turn off Scour when you’re not using the service. To turn it off,
closing the web browser won't work. You need to right-click on the  symbol
by your clock. Then click "Exit Scour Exchange".
To avoid Scour starting up the next time you start your computer,
open Windows Explorer by right-clicking the start button and
selecting "Explore from here."
Navigate to the
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp folder and remove the
shortcut to Scour.
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