Why are all of my downloads "inactive"?

[margeaux]

Hey I just downloaded bittorrent and then found some relatively healthy looking torrents to download and they open up in bit torrent, but will not start downloading. They remain under the "inactive" download lists. I cannot force the download to start..

I have tried "allowing encryption" in my settings, but other than that I am really not tech savvy and don't really understand what other settings I have that may be hindering my downloads.

Any help would be much appreciated thanks!