Hello people!

I am new to limewire and having some trouble with download speeds. I am running limewire basic 4.8.1 on a 3.0Ghz Pentium 4 with 512MB DDR ram, 80 GB hard drive, Windows XP home with SP2. I have McAfee Internet security 7.1 including Personal Firewall Plus.

I have a 1MB broadband Internet connection via a USB modem.

I am currently trying to download a large movie file but I am getting an average download speed of around 12-16kbs, which as I am sure you can appreciate seems really slow to me. I have followed some of the advice found on this forum, i.e. only search for top quality results, but search for any speed.

I have also checked that the windows firewall is switched off - which it is, leaving only the McAfee firewall. I can connect ok, just getting very slow download!

I would really appreciate any help that can be offered up, I am no computer expert so 'laymans' terms please! I know its a lot to ask but if anyone has step-by step instructions for any tests or checks I can do to improve dowload speeds I would be greatful!

Also this may be a stupid question, but as stated I'm no computer whiz, does limewire use bittorrent and/or can it be used in conjunction with bittorrent?

Any answers greatfully recieved!

Cheers!