let me start by saying you are awesome.thanks for replying.let my rephrase my ''thumbs'' issue.after ive dl'ed a file and decided to delete it,i will very soon after find the word ''THUMBS''in red at the bottom of the''saved''and/or''shared''section in my library.it will have various kb sizes.now am i correct that the file i just deleted were now put behind a firewall,thus titling it ''thumbs''?as for the find sources topic,maybe the hosts sharing are not online.could it be im trying to find too many sources at once?i click ''find source'' whenever i see ''need source'',which is what 90% of my dl's need.should i try and find multiple sources or one at a time?btw,your hints are lost on this dullard........i hate to burden you with yet another oddity.....i get disconnected every stinkin time after an hour or so.WTF gives?!?!?again,thanks a bunch.