2. XP has it's own firewall. You can check if it's turned on by going to Control Panel > Windows Firewall. Make sure that the firewall's allowing LW.
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Check if you have any others by looking in C:\Program Files. Also look at the icons in your system tray...if you have a firewall active, it should show up there & when you hover your mouse over the icons it'll probably show the name of the program.
If you do find another firewall, you'll have to turn off either the Windows or other firewall...don't have 2 running at once. Let us know if you find another firewall.

6. Check all boxes that connect to your computer & let you connect to the net. If the Speedstream's the only one you have, find the model number (might be underneath). If there's another box with lights on it, find the brand & model of that as well.

9. Which company do you pay for your internet service?

If LW's just stopped connecting all of a sudden, try updating your Java version & also delete LW's preferences folder. Have a look at this post for more info. Follow the steps right from the beginning, up to point 6.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...tml#post296950