For those of you who need to know this kind of stuff, here's a list of changes (Don't ask me what it means, it's all Greek to me!):

--- 2007-04-10: Version 1.7 (build 1170)
- Fix: "Move Up" tooltip corruption

--- 2007-04-10: Version 1.7 (build 1167)
- Change: Compact memory when system resources are low
- Fix: Improved UPnP device detection by setting TTL
- Fix: Multiple monitor clipping problem
- Fix: "Duplicate ID" detection
- Fix: A duplicate connection race condition

--- 2007-04-07: Version 1.7 (build 1137)
- Change: ctrl+up/down in torrent list is now ctrl+alt+up/down
- Fix: log scrolling bug
- Fix: & characters in add torrent dialog
- Fix: update disk free in Add Torrent dialog when a new path is chosen
- Fix: Lots of Settings dialog layout fixes
- Fix: Context menu now shows up in the add torrent dialog
- Fix: Items in add torrent dialog are now selected on right-click
- Fix: Display issues with add torrent dialog when there is only one item in a torrent and that item is a folder
- Fix: DHT status and update were switched

--- 2007-04-06: Version 1.7 (build 1111)
- Change: Dynamically load system file and folder icons for add torrent dialog (thus appearing more up to date on some systems)
- Change: Integrate tracker warning with tracker status
- Change: Clip the size of all resizable dialogs to the current monitor on creation
- Change: Will now use custom-drawn checkboxes in add torrent treeview if IE version is less than 4, instead of checking if they are really available
- Change: Never grey out associate .torrent files button in preferences so users can fix existing associations if they want
- Change: Change to how the random port number is selected at startup to avoid it being in use
- Change: Don't create DefaultIcon subkey if maindoc.ico doesn't exist so associated .torrent files have an icon on XP/VISTA if maindoc.ico doesn't exist
- Fix: Get free disk space on 95 varieties if there is no history in the add torrent dialog
- Fix: Previous build incorrectly handled some CLASSES registry keys and didn't remove them properly. This is fixed.
- Fix: Z/tab order of treeview in add torrent dialog
- Fix: UPnP discovery issues)

--- 2007-04-05: Version 1.7 (build 1092)
- Fix: missing torrent crash bugs
- Fix: Don't have treeview size in addtorrent dialog exceed client size of the scrollbox (thus having the full vertical scrollbar showing all the time)

--- 2007-04-05: Version 1.7 (build 1088)
- Change: Tooltips over status bar and toolbar are now native tooltips instead of custom-drawn
- Fix: Bandwidth Allocation selection bug fixed
- Fix: Modal dialog boxes now give focus on close to the proper window (add button in RSS now gives focus back to RSS window, for example)

--- 2007-04-05: Version 1.7 (build 1065)
- Feature: Outgoing port range, via advanced settings (net.outgoing_max_port)
- Feature: List number of pieces we have in General tab (as part of Pieces
- Feature: Mark unavailable pieces as red in the Files tab (like in the general tab)
- Feature: Auto uplink throttling (beta)
- Feature: List web seeds in General tab
- Feature: Web seed support for single-file torrents
- Feature: NAT-PMP support
- Feature: Local Peer Discovery
- Feature: Option to configure whether rate limits apply to local peers (bt.limit_local_peers)
- Feature: Support for HTTPS links in RSS feeds
- Feature: Next Piece display
- Feature: Remembering the last selected tab in the main view
- Feature: Remembering the last selected tab in the preferences view
- Feature: Vista font scaling support (DPI aware)
- Feature: Secondary column sorting should now be supported by all list views
- Feature: New treeview-based add torrent dialog
- Feature: Added Reboot and Quit on Finished options
- Feature: Tracker "warning message" support
- Change: State files (resume.dat etc) are now hash protected
- Change: Save aside bad state files as .bad for analysis
- Change: Remove modal state file dialogs, instead log a message, only modal at program exit
- Change: UPnP now ignores net.outgoing_port setting
- Change: Added grid lines to speed graphs
- Change: Parse FlashGet client version
- Change: Added Log Errors to Logger context menu
- Change: Reject duplicate IDs (mimic Mainline)
- Change: Remove UPnP unicast
- Change: Send multiple UPnP search messages each time (because UDP is awesome)
- Change: Display client name as advertized in extension header
- Change: The scrolled window in the main tab is now able to receive standard input
- Change: New installation system, including the ability to uninstall
- Change: Now notes if it can't use APPDATA for settings in the log
- Change: Main window is now clipped to the monitor it is run on
- Change: Search bar is now hidden if the window is too small
- Change: During execution the application no longer prompts the user to save the resume file; only on exit now
- Change: The number of queued items in the create torrent dialog is decreased, which results in a quicker response time when stopping creation
- Change: Several ok/cancel dialogs have been replaced with shorter yes/no versions
- Change: Log listview now selects current item if it is full and keeps getting messages
- Change: New method is used to try to automatically determine an open port for the speed wizard on startup. This same method can be used by setting the incoming port to 0.
- Change: show tooltips for items in listviews with elipses "..."
- Change: Add some keys and input to scrolled window in general tab
- Change: Show torrent creator by the "Created On:" column in the general tab
- Change: highlight existing torrent when duplicated torrent added
- Fix: Various issues with enabling/disabling Verbose in Logger context menu
- Fix: Stopped/paused torrents no longer hold up auto shutdown
- Fix: Make Create Torrent more responsive to Cancel
- Fix: Log the correct internal port in UPnP port mapping log message
- Fix: Eliminate temporary on screen client version corruption
- Fix: Various minor issues with HTTP client implementation (error handling, parsing)
- Fix: Incoming HTTP connections could sometimes go dead (event dispatch problem)
- Fix: Some internal size calculations weren't 64-bit clean
- Fix: RSS error logging
- Fix: The general tab should now scroll down to and show the full comment field
- Fix: Fix many flicker issues throughout the application
- Fix: Correct WinSock version detection - it should fail now if it detects the wrong version
- Fix: Custom speedlists now show instead of the default in the main listview context menu
- Fix: Correct acquisition of special operating system paths (such as the windows directory) on Windows 95 family
- Fix: Fix shortcut creation for Windows 95 family
- Fix: Fix diskspace information on Windows 95 family
- Fix: Confirmation dialog for resume file saving now actually tries to save the resume file on retry
- Fix: Create torrent dialog now closes all the way when the close button is pressed during torrent creation
- Fix: Cleared progress bar in create torrent dialog when stopping
- Fix: Fix various tab order bugs in main window
- Fix: Shutdown on finish option will now shutdown the machine, even if it is locked
- Fix: Fix file association if uTorrent is installed after BitTorrent mainline client
- Fix: 307 redirection HTTP code is now handled, instead of an error (i.e. jamendo.com)
- Fix: Logging is now done in Unicode, fixing some I18N issues
- Fix: Speed wizard no longer asks you to confirm twice when trying to close it from its close box
- Fix: Log listview no longer shows the horizontal scrollbar if it is past the last visible item but doesn't need to
- Fix: Pressing ESC on exit dialog will dismiss the dialog
- Fix: Fix z order of searchbox/toolbar on older windows
- Fix: Fix scrolling bug where scrollbar would not redraw sometimes
- Fix: Association check for limited users
- Fix: Enable users to have "maindoc.ico" in the settings folder for associated documents' icons for fixing them on older windows versions that don't automatically generate them

So, if you'd like to download here's your link: http://www.utorrent.com/download.php

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Well, if you can understand it - you're much smarter than I.

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I'm not understanding all of it.

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More than I understood.



I have been using this version though with no problems - just incase any1's curious.

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I do understand it all.. and its a long ass list of bugs they cleared...


Okay.. suppose one wants to switch from Azureus to Utorrent.. is there an easy way ?.. i mean.. i have like 30 torrents up and downloading atm.. how do i move them to Utorrent ?... does it have a migration option, or is there a third party option ?.. i mean.. i will not be the first with that question.. would i ?..

I am pretty advanced in Azureus.. i still like the speed (800 kb/ps down) and the separate up and download windows.. it keeps things nicely apart... but my main concern is the load it generates.. Azureus can eat 80% of your resources.. so you will have no bandwidth left to use Firefox.. and that bugs the shite out of me.. i suppose that will be gone when using U torrent ?..

Well, I guess that depends on your definition of "easy". Here's a copy of the uTorrent Migration Guide - I figure it's better to let you just read and decide for yourself.

I've never used Azureus, or any other torrent client for that matter, so I can't really give much of a comparison. I like uTorrent. It runs nice and quiet in the background. It's supposed to use less resources than other clients, but no way for me to verify that. I know that I have to limit my upload speeds when I want to browse the web, but I'm pretty sure that's just cause of my connection. It's very easy to change ur upload/download limits. I also really like the scheduler.

I know stolen also uses uTorrent, and I think Basher, so you might want to get their opinions. They will probably be able to give you the more "techie" info you're curious about.

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Thanx.. ill read the migration guide, that will help me answer my questions, i suppose.

Any info on the difference on system and functionality from any of the techy's in here would be appreciated...

Hi Relic.....

Angi is correct, I do use uTorrent, but I haven't used Azureus. In terms of system info. I find uTorrent seems the best for simply sitting in the background and running whilst you still use your machine. It's CPU and memory usage is low.

In terms of uTorrent functionality, one of the main reasons I have stuck with uTorrent is the ability to limit and control bandwidth allocation at different levels, i.e. the whole uTorrent application or individual torrents or groups of torrents, etc....

uTorrent has what Angi mentioned a scheduler, this allows you to restrict the utorrent client to maximum u/l and d/l speeds for given periods of time. For example between 10AM and 9PM I am able to limit the u/l bandwidth to say 35 kB/s, this then ensures that I have enough remaining bandwidth for the other PC's on my network to still quickly move around the web.

It also then has the ability to restrict bandwidth allocation at torrent level, setting max/min u/l and d/l settings for individual torrent or groups of torrents. It also has a bandwidth priority high/normal/low which I tend to use when seeding a new torrent and I am the only seed. This allows me to still seed torrent which have been in my client a while, but setting High against the bandwidth allocation for the new torrent ensures that utorrent gives all the remaining bandwidth to the new torrent.

I find utorrent the best when it comes to managing the bandwidth allocation and up and down speeds.

The other element I like is the ability to LABEL torrents in your client, for example MUSIC, MOVIES, APPS, etc.... uTorrent then lists your different labels within the client, then if you select one it filters your view.

I used BITLORD before uTorrent and now experience far high d/l speeds using uTorrent. One of the reason I change was the ability with uTorrent to enable encryption to encrypt the torrent piece. This can sometimes help in hiding the data type, thus stopping ISP limiting d/l speeds for torrent pieces. Not sure the true effecftiveness of this, but it seems to work.

Any other ?'s just ask.

Cheers.

Basher....

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I used BitComet - good interface, but hang from time to time
I used Azures - it needs Java, I don't Like Javas
I used BitDownload - holy sheet
Now I use uTorrent - he's my best friend