I'm just giving you guys an update on what's happening with my connection issues. LW causes my DSL to disconnect from the internet. And what happens, in order to remedy this, the modem/gateway resets itself, then I have to manually reconnect to the internet. In the past I was able to connect to the gnutella network all the time witrh no problems, but now, at times, I cannot connect. At times I can connect, no problem, and download things with no problems. Other times, I can connect with no problems, but a few minutes after I start downloading things, it will crash my internet connection and then my gateway resets and I have to reconnect to the internet. Deleting the preferences is good for a one time help. If my internet connection crashes, or I cannot connect to the gnutella network, deleting the folder will allow me to connect, but always, later in the downloading session, my connection will crash, like clockwork. So, I've stopped deleting the folder, as it's not a fix. LOTR suggested port forwarding, and that worked for a while, but I don't think that was the problem. Obviously it wasn't. I think as far as the ISP fix that's been posted a few times, I haven't tried it, because I don't believe a proxy server is the answer. I've been trying to research and find out what exactly would cause a DSL internet connection to crash (I used to have a cable modem, and it NEVER disconnected, also, I know people who have cable connections, and they never disconnect either), but that info is hard for me to find. One last variable to the equation: I run nVidia display, and when I updated to the latest drivers, it caused the LW interface to have blank spots. I recently discovered that when the LW display is "messed up" I have the most amount of download time. But the display is normal at times (rare), and when it is normal I cannot connect AT ALL, not even to the gnutella network, it just crashes my DSL constantly. I know I can roll back to older drivers, but that isn't the point. So, I'm open for suggestions. Maybe you guys know more about DSL connections than I do. Well, thanks in advance for any help.