I use XP still....the bearstart hack should run for ~15 seconds and then turn off...it keeps running and doesn't change the date back...simple as that...sooooo...one needs to go to the process manager and kill bearstart and then manually change the date to the present...

Sorry to hear that, for my XP work just fine! But the can be a issue withe the portable version of BS Test, so I recommend you to use the updated installer instead of the portable one...At least to the issue with the Bear-Start is fixted! The new installer can be downloaded from here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/host-c...bearshare.html Hope this work better for you! :)