FYI, this is the Gnutella forums: the forums that cover clients that connect to the Gnutella network.
Plus, we are not paid bythe LW people. We are volunteers.
Now, I'm not gonna give you a list of service packs. Are you using Service pack 2?

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

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And seal your fate forever
Our best years have passed us by
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no..service pack 1

Let's take it from the top then:
a)Do you have the latest Java?
b)Are you using XP's firewall?
c)If you are, have you set it so that it allows LW to connect (I don't think that that's the prob, but...)?
d)Which version of LW are you using?

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

"Raise your can of Beer on high
And seal your fate forever
Our best years have passed us by
The Golden Age Of Leather"
-Blue Öyster Cult-

Yes
No
4.0.8

another thing..could u leave ur screen name so i can just instant message u instead of waiting for answers

It's better if you just waited for answers as someone else might pop in the thread and try and help.
Ok, did you try the delete-the-preferences trick?
If you didn't, then try it.

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

"Raise your can of Beer on high
And seal your fate forever
Our best years have passed us by
The Golden Age Of Leather"
-Blue Öyster Cult-

delete the proferences?

Delete the preferences: search for preferences. Once you find them, delete them. Or if you'e not sure, search 'preferences' on this forum (http://www.gnutellaforums.com/search.php)

It's normal for files to be initially queued after LW opens. Depending upon how many files you have attempting to dwnld it may take quite a while before all the queued files have had a proper chance at connecting. If they can't connect they will show 'Need more Sources.'

If you've forced 'resume' any files, this may cause issues if you've selected 'too many' to resume. The reason is b/c these files will continually send out searches for sources every # no. of mins & eventually give up trying. If you have many of these resumed files, they will put great stress upon you connection quality by stealing your upld bandwidth & will compete with normally selected 'queued' files for time to find sources & connect; ie: it would mean you'll have queud files for a much, much, much greater amount of time. Forced resumed files can be identified by Status of 'Waiting #s for Sources' ends up as 'Awaiting Sources' (instead of Need more Sources'.)

I've found too many people choose the force resume option without realising it's side effects. But then this might not apply to you. Tell us if it does. See the tell-tale signs above to identify if it does apply to you.

These points might not hurt either (optimising LW): http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...5&pagenumber=1

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=27036

Search & dwnld techniques (some hints): http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...4545#post94545

Ive tried force resume...never works..wont change from queued...just always stays queued...and i still dont understand what u mean by delete the preferences...there is no preferences in LW...just options..and i cant delete them..my connection to LW is great..and ive never had this problem b4..just one day i couldnt dl...thank you for ur help..but...there is nuthin i can think of...just keep tryin..it should be an easy answer..things just dont always go into waiting mode for nothing.