I'm not a newbie thank you very much, maybe to this forum but that's about it. And I'm certainly not a newbie to the web or computers. I've been a faithful limewire user for a long time. I'm geeky enough to know much about a peer to peer network. I do know that without the ability to ping, push or resume a download, the speeds will die. I also know that if users turn off their bandwidth, it makes the speed even slower. We need, ping, push, resume & kill back. Without it, a P2P app is useless. I love limewire. But, sometimes these new installs are just too buggy. Why not leave the program alone? The last install worked and was ten times faster for me than Bearshare. So, please dont call everyone a newbie. I am far from it. Im not a programmer. if I was, I wouldnt be sitting here.

oh edited to add: my keyboard and chair work just fine thanks. That still doesnt solve the problem of the losing the downloads.