My apologies ... I totally misunderstood your problem. I thought you were having problems downlding the LW Pro program from the LW site! duh I am sorry for my mistake!

It would seem to me that something is interfering with your LW. It might be a firewall, anti-virus or an old unreliable modem/router losing packets of data, or a line issue, etc. (there's online line testing you can do to check for packet loss.)

It might be worth defragmenting your hard disk drive & checking your system over with file & hard disk drive repair utilities just in case.

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk 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.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

BTW if it makes it any easier, there's a German forum section for LW problems: Deutsch: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/forumd...ne=&forumid=78