My operating system is Windows XP Home, my ISP is Patriot Media, my connection is a cable modem, my computer is a custom-built desktop. I do not use a router. I downloaded limewire basic version 4.12 and it never connects. It attempts to download files at 8 KB a second, then it slows down 1 KB at a time until Im downloading at 0KB then limewire tells me I do not have an internet connection when in reality I do. I understand you guys are overwhelmed with threads such as this, but I see a variety of fixes and before I make matters worse I just need some specific help. It's not just with limewire, I cannot use Bittorrent either and I can barely keep a stable connection with AOL instant messager (but let's solve one problem at a time).

What I have done: I opened the gnutella ports that the limewire website told me to on the Windows SP2 firewall, it still refuses to connect.