1. Windows xp
2.Different Firewalls? ive got the one it asks you turn on, but other than that none.
3. 512mb of RAM
4. 80Gb of hard disk space that can be used
5. broadband,
6. Lucent Win Modem=>5.1.2535.0
7. Student Halls
8. limewire=>4.9.33 Java=>1.5.0_04
9. not sure that i have one using broadband
10. we have ports in our rooms, which are enabled. i asume that they all go to a main hub, but to if i share the port with other computers, no

it seems to be working now, ive just changed the port number, saw it in another thread a while after posting this. srry if ive wasted your time,filled in your questions because you spent the time replyin to my post