Samson .... The following threads may be of interest you... comparing Bearshare and Limewire:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...e+and+limewire
and
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...e+and+limewire
and possibly this just to confuse you
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...e+and+limewire
Looks like your post was moved. I thought it might be so I didn't suggest where it should be! I just was wanting before to check you had a proper version of LW as there are a lot of bad versions from scam sites. I hope LOTR's suggestion solves your problem ... good luck