d.b.g15;
Are you connected ok? If you can't download, it might be a license problem:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...176#post154176

If this doesn't work then go tools > options > downloads & make sure your maximum downloads aren't set at zero.

If you're firewalled then that's a whole issue in itself!
See here for instructions for configuring firewall & many other connection fixes:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51357