# Help me mess up my computer again

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-mess-up-my-computer-again/294212>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-mess-up-my-computer-again/294212 "2005-03-12T18:17:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stevens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Stevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stevens)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-mess-up-my-computer-again/294212/1 "2005-03-12T18:17:55Z")

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I want Kazaa back on my laptop for a little while, so I delete Ad aware, Spybot and Firewall for the time being. I download the exe of Kazaa, and when I run it, it encounters a problem right at the start.

How do I re-download the bad stuff that kazaa needs to run on my computer?

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-mess-up-my-computer-again/294212/2 "2005-03-12T18:45:10Z")

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Maybe go to the Kazaa website and see if they have support forums.

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**Author:** ![Brendan\_Donovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Brendan\_Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brendan_Donovan)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-mess-up-my-computer-again/294212/3 "2005-03-12T19:33:29Z")

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You want to run Kazza so you tried to run the exe only, yes?  
That not really how one should install software. Go to [www.kazaa.com](http://www.kazaa.com) from there click on the “get it now” button. There is a free and a paid version. Download the free one and save it to your hard drive. Find the saved version on your computer. English version is called “kazaa\_setup.exe” when you find it then double click it. Let it install. Then it will work.

Other points are that you can keep your ad-aware, spybot and for goodness sake put your firewall back on. And your exe only… you can delete that before you begin the install of kazaa.