Hi, thanks for the reply, did all you suggested and then re downloaded limewire and reinstalled it. It now goes to 94 percent and shows a wall in front of the globe. Is this progress?

Had a nasty little techie at Mediacom say very sanctimoniously that they did not support stealing other people's music! I pay by the item! I was incensed! They also denied any p2p blocking but admitted "throttling". I give up! At least my ISP in GA works!