Ah ... a dorm ... they often have problems with speeds btw.

You might be interested in this for SP2 MS & 3rd party patches

As an experiment, choose a magnet link from this link & tell us what speeds you get: http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

Choose nearest location for a speed test & only have your browser open: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/speedtest/ Tell us what speeds you get.

Here's an example of how a p2p bandwidth shaper can work against Gnutella: Bandwidth Shaper Sample - typical of how some schools & ISP's use it (click on link) ie: giving priority to net surfing & low priorities to p2p sharing.