BitTorrent Help

[lee92 2]

Alright, while I was at home for the holidays, I was downloading movies and music and whatnot with ease using torrents, but now that I'm back at school, in res, when I attempt to download a torrent file from a website, it just never works. The download window opens, and it just says "Starting" and goes no further. It must be something to do with the internet here at school, but I can't quite figure out what to do to change it. Is there any settings I could change to allow me to download the torrents, or programs that will let me download the torrents from the websites?

[BK 0]

Most school networks block the ports that torrent programs use.

check your pm box.

[lee92 2]

Most school networks block the ports that torrent programs use.

check your pm box.

I still get the same problem. My problem isn't in using utorrent, it's trying to download the files from, say isohunt.com, to open up in utorrent. They just don't download. I tried downloading the file, no go, and I tried downloading and opening it directly to utorrent, and still no go. It just says "download starting..." and never starts.

[NorthStar 0]

Try a different browser, Firefox!

[Stampeder 2]

The browser wouldnt have anything to do with it.

[Maka 0]

I think I read somewhere that some schools block certain file types from being downloaded i.e. torrents. As a result, some sites, such as Demonoid.com (registration open on Fridays only), allow for the files to be downloaded as .http files I believe, or something along those lines.

Edit: I'm dumb. You can download them as text files, not .http files. I don't even know what the hell that means.