That's not good at all. That shouldn't happen. We'll need to get as many details from you as possible to try to ascertain the problem area.

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 (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False?
12. Roughly how many files do you share (eg: 10, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 or more.
13. Roughly how many incomplete files do you have? (you can go to incomplete folder & make your system give you how many files are in that folder.