Keep in mind this is a p2p (peer to peer) application; ie: it's you sharing with others like me & your neighbours & people overseas & all over the world. So people will have their own copies of music that they've downloaded from others or that they've ripped from a CD at their own quality settings.

By having peoplle uploading from you it actually helps you to get better search & download results b/c you will connect with people they are connected with.

May I suggest you download the Limewire (LW) manual & you will need Acrobat Reader to read it after unzipping it: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/userguide.shtml
It's only a simple guide, but if you look around the forums you can also pick up more hints on how to get the most out of LW.

By the way, if you'd like an audio player that arranges all your music into artist & albums folders then download iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ & you can get tricks on how to use it here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=32626
Then you can make your iTunes music library a share folder also. LW's menu Tools>Options>Sharing & add & apply buttons.