bearshare 5.2.5.1 connects less and less

[bfollett]

Over the last several months my version of bearshare lite 5.2.5.1 has been having a harder and harder time connecting to the network. It's to the point now that it hardly ever connects. I downloaded the updated cache files listed in another thread, but those don't help. As a test, I installed that beta release of bearshare that was suggested and it will connect to the network if I use the "forced ultrakeeper" option in the setup. Unfortunately version 5.2.5.1 does not have that option available(at least not anywhere i can find). I would love to get 5.2.5.1 working again, so I don't have to play around with that starter program that resets the system clock back to 2005 for 10 seconds every time you run bearshare. Has anyone found a way to get version 5.2.5.1 to reliably connect or is it a lost cause?

Thanks,
Bob