First off, thanks for your reply. I went to the site you suggested to test my speed and it is as follows: download 2811 kbps upload 282 kbps. I ran the test 6 times and took an average. Next I downloaded a video from the site you sent me to and the speed was better, it bounces around a bit but its pretty muc about 150 -155, lots faster. I went and did the tweaks as you said played with upload slots for a while and my speed is now around 50 - 65 KB/s, I am downloading another from the other site you sent me to and its now at 152 KB/s. Since I first posted my question 3 movies have finally finished downloading from Limewire; about 7 hours later; and I tried to play them but all I have is the audio, no video at all. I seem to have the entire audio from the movies ( start to finish ) but no video at all. Any ideas?

Again thanks for your help, MUCH appreciated