i have purchased both bearshare pro and limewire pro... been using limewire pro now for quite a bit and never had a problem w/ connecting until just like 5 days ago and ever since then i havent been able to find anything on that program even if my quality says 'turbocharged' or 'excellent' down at the bottom. i can type in anything even just plain old eminem or 50 cent or whoever it maybe which thats a very general search and still nothing comes up. i believe my isp might have put some kind of block on but im not sure ... to answer ur specifics i have win2k pro, i have no firewall (just did a clean install yesterday), ddr ram, like 200gb available hdd space, cable connection, modem i bought months back - its a D-Link model name is DCM-202 its a cable modem, and im trying to connect from home