Hi lizziebrad, sorry to hear it hasn't been sorted yet.

It sounds as though you may need to configure things to improve LW's performance.

Have you configured your firewalls to allow LW full access (& not just partial): http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. ram?
4. HDD space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?

After opening LW give it some time to settle before doing anything. It needs to load its incomplete & shared files which may take a while. It will be spending most of its energies doing this initially. These hints apply to both versions.

Here's some other hints: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

eg: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...028#post116028