Performance/Connection Problems

Limewire is really slow, even if i download from multiple users on
the same
> cable/dsl speed as me the speeds still hover under the 10KB/s mark
and for my
> connection that is way below average. My connection is 2.2mbps
broadband. I
> should be having blisteringly fast speeds so whats up? I think it
could be to
> do with the fact im running windows xp sp2 and its some way limiting
my p2p
> application. So how can i configure windows to allow Limewire to
function at
> optimum level? This could also be why my limewire connection times
out after
> a while. I dont have the windows firewall turned on but norton 2005
firewall
> is, however i did allow it to except limewire on all ports. So what
can i do
> to optimise my speed?
>
> Also, the preview function in limewire is useless to me because
whenever i
> preview large files like 300Mb+ (video) Windows says it needs codecs
to play
> it even though once its downloaded it plays fine?? This is a nuisance
because
> i cannot check whether the file i want is corrupt or not. I must have
the
> right codecs otherwise the file wouldnt play once it had been
downloaded
> right?
>
> Thanks for your help, edd"