well i,ve just spent the last 20 mins reading about people having firewall dramas and have to say i dont understand why there are problems, i,ve got windows xp, service pack 2, zone alarm and windows firewall as well as half a dozen security measures for my kids and i have never had any problem connecting or downloading any files in the past 2 years. the brick wall has always been infront of the globe and i never thought about turning of my firewall, maybe it has something to do with how high people set there security to, i dont know, before limewire i used kazzaa and that was crap compared to this, my only gripe is people miss naming files or cutting the ends of songs of, other than that if you check your settings carefully you will have endless hours of enjoyment. this is my first post so if you think im full of it let me know, by the way i downloaded over 150 songs tonight, doest get any better than that. thanks