hi read murasame's posts but still not having luck currently have XP P3-700, 256 ram, 20 gig HD, limewire pro 4.2.6, a 2mbp/s connection or 2278kbp/s DL and 228 upload, settings are max DL slots 8, upload speed 30.19, upload per person 3, max upl slots 3 downloading from T1 connections 4 stars etc. at 0-10 kbp/s! I'm in a major city also so can't be far from servers exchange etc. Please help!