Disable checking for new versions at startup. --- src/Preferences.cpp.orig Fri Sep 16 09:55:06 2016 +++ src/Preferences.cpp Sun Sep 18 15:31:21 2016 @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ void CPreferences::BuildItemList( const wxString& appd /** * Version check **/ - NewCfgItem(IDC_NEWVERSION, (new Cfg_Bool( wxT("/eMule/NewVersionCheck"), s_NewVersionCheck, true ))); + NewCfgItem(IDC_NEWVERSION, (new Cfg_Bool( wxT("/eMule/NewVersionCheck"), s_NewVersionCheck, false ))); /** * Obfuscation