Sorry daduh if I wasn't of much help. I'm sure you checked out ALL the hidden links in my post (joke!) May I suggest you post in the following thread:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&pagenumber=13
As yoru friends' success suggests, it's something more specific to your sys & setup which of course makes it that more difficult. B/cause each partcular comp can gave its own specific issues despite being (basically) identical to the one potentially sittting next ty it.