I'm a newbee to frostwire, but opening my xp (sp2) firewall ports 6340 through 6349 (both tcp and udpfor each) seems to have solved my connect and speed issues. Go to Start|Control Panel|Windows Firewall|Exceptions and "Add port ...". I also I installed the "Event ID 4226" patch at http://www.lvllord.de/?url=tools . Select "patcher" under "Needed Things". I got this info from an old post from zap back in 05' (I think).