First of thank you for replying. Sorry for not giving you any info. I'm using winxp sp2, I,m not sure what ram, I have 13.8 gb of free space on C drive, I'm using a cable modem,(Roadrunner) I connect from home, the versions of frostwire is 4.10.9, Java is 1.5.0_10, and i am an inexperienced user. The firewall icon is also covered by the brick wall, but sometimes it will go away. I hope i've given you enough info. Again thanks for the help. I will try to update.