Thanks for the reply.

Incoming requests are... well, incoming - and files are being shared successfully from my end.

Nor am I having problems with downloading from generalized searches - that works fine. It's just making direct connections that isn't working.

I know it sounds implausible, but literally nothing has changed (other than my version of Limewire) from the way I used to be set up. Same internet setup, same general settings on my computer, I think I may even be wearing the same underwear (okay not the underwear, but everything else is true ).

Again, in case I wasn't clear enough before... I do get results when I attempt a direct connect - the problem is that the only results which show in the list are files which I already have.

I guess another strange thing with all this is that these direct connect attempts (which only show files I already have) show the greatest number of results per file than any other search I perform.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but like I said - I'm no expert.

Gerry