I have a work around if anybody is interested.
This work around only applies if you have the link to the file your are trying to get, for example the http:// code.
All rapidshare links look like this:
http://rapidshare.com/files/????/?????
What you simply do if you are having connection issues like I do, Rapidshare always comes up with "Internal Server Error 500" for me or it times out so what I do is this,
You simply type the first part of the code like this:
http://rs240.rapidshare.com/files/
after /files/ you put the rest of your code to your file usually numbers forward slash then another series of numbers or letters or a combination thereof.
This is simply a direct way of getting to the file you want without going through the website and clicking free user or premium user. This work around has been working for me and I hope it helps you.
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