Durwyn: Thank you. This solution appears to be working well. I have downloaded 10Mb so far and can pause/restart the process. I'm even downloading the torrent file that the BitTorrent program had a problem with. Hopefully I will be in the game soon. Thanks again.

PART 1: A REQUEST: Could either the PlaneShift crew or a member please give step-by-step instructions for the entire process of installing the BitTorrent program, getting the PlaneShift torrent, and downloading & installing the program? Please include definitions for terms that people may be unfamiliar with or that may have ambiguous meaning (installer, client, torrent, tracker etc.).

I'm a veteran pc user but I'm doing something wrong and without comprehensive instructions, it's impossible to troubleshoot. Even the main download page is a little confusing with the BitTorrent and direct download links all jumbled together with no clear formatting where one section ends and the next begins.

PART 2: DETAILS OF MY PROBLEM: I installed the BitTorrent prgram. I then downloaded PlaneShift_CBV0.3.019.exe torrent from the download page (a 40k file). I clicked on that file, which opened the BitTorrent program. The filename appears in the main window but the progress bar is entirely red and all Statistics are zero except for Torrents & Remaining Torrents, which are both 1. The status bar at the bottom of the window says "Checking for firewall..." but seems to be stuck there. I've added PlaneShift to my firewall and given it liberal permissions.

So what's next? How do I start the download of that 251 mb file? How do I solve the firewall issue? (These questions are probably rhetorical if somebody can give a clear reply to Part 1.)