Thanks for everyones help especially norm :) I did use winmx to get a particular song i desperatly wanted while i had problems, but now i have it, i have no intention of going backto winmx. LW is easier on the eye, nicer to use, and safer. I hope this thread helps out other people who had this problem, including cynereo's solution.
Enjoy! :)

Corrupted Files - the answer!
 

I thought I was going to lose my &$#*(&% mind... tried everything suggested, and still found some songs would never download no matter how many times I tried, with a "file corrupted" message....

I would re-search, and get nothing but "T3 or higher" speed (a sure sign that your getting hooped by riaa).

Then, running out of ideas, I just started doing my searches broader (song name only).... and I found that I was finding loads of T1 and cable connections (much more likely to be free of riaa crap downloads).

Lo and behold, after trying to download one song about 40 times, to no success, I downloaded the same song 9 out of 10 times.

:D

ahhhh thats the solution. I was getting kind of worried when i was having all the same problems on my mac and nobody else in there had a mac that i could talk to. the T3 or higher connection speed is the giveaway i c

Ah! Hooray!! The answer!!!

I hadn't even NOTICED the T3 or Higher thing, just all the corrupt downloads. So I was right (in another topic on this forum), it IS a conspiracy theory. Thank God for that, I LOVE a good conspiracy theory. Slacker searches for popular songs and a wider variety of lower level sources, T1 or lower, and downloads work again.

Thank you. I'll go back to my **** searches again now (yeah yeah, I know... whatever, I'm OLD!).

Its no conspiracy when all people know that the RIAA and other copyright holder are trying to destroy filesharing.

Morgwen

was the name of the balding 80's icon I named as the object of my searches censored to save me from embarassment? If so, I thank you.

BTW, as I've said elsewhere, just systematically block the T3 hosts and you'll get useful search results again.

Its against our forum rules. It saves you and us from problems.

Morgwen