I notices you'e created 3 posts about the identical problem so I've combined them.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/announ...?s=&forumid=29
The patch is a program that updates your OS on your hard disk drive.
Not having your original installation disks sounds a bit suspicious. It depends on what you wanted to install & whether you missed anything that was beneficial.
If you've forced resumed files which can be recognised with statuses of: Force resume: Waiting #s for Sources, ends up as Awaiting Sources. Normal: Need More Sources
So if you have any of those, I'd suggest you delete them (make a note of them 1st) from your download window (below the search window only) & then search for each one individually & select to dwnld again. If you've chosen the same one it will continue from where it left off. Don't select too many at once to search & dwnld.