I'm confused. "It will connect and run just fine, and let me perform searches"...your post's title says will not download or search. So is search working properly or not??

"However, no matter what I search, nothing ever appears for me to download"...does nothing appear in search results or does nothing happen when you click on a file to download (ie nothing moves to the download pane)??

If search isn't working, try the fixes below:
Blank results page

If search is working but nothing moves to the download pane:
License (click)

If files move to the download pane but don't actually connect for download:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showpo...33&postcount=2