Hi Birdy. Thanks for the tips. I'm fairly new to this and don't even know what Bitzi is or how to use it but I'm a quick learner.

I know about fake files and avoid them by instinct but my searches bring up numerous files that look to be being open and in use. I never click on anything that has no # listed. Should I?

What's starnge is that sometimes files fly in hand over fist then sometimes their won't be any downloads for eons. My searches are similar and sometimes I'll just S can everything, shut down, reboot and re-start Limewire. That rarely works.

It's just strange. Sometimes the majority of files download. Then only audio. Then it's like I've reached some quota and everything grinds to a halt and virtually NOTHING downloads. It seems to be more a system problem. It seems like if I select 50 files to download a few would be good. Sometimes most are and sometimes virtually none will even connect even though my connection is good.

Could you please tell me more about Bitzi? I've looked at a few links but when I try to find Bitzi on my Limewire Pro, it's not there. Is it something I have to add on??

Thanks