I too am having problems getting any kind of connection. Last week I upgraded to 2.44 and the program would not even launch. It wanted me to send them a copy and paste of the problem. That was fixed last week. Limewire support said there was a problem with the download site. I downloaded the newest and greatest and now I cannot even get a connection. It just sits there. I purchased the pro version because I thought limewire was such a great filesharing tool that I thought the guys at limewire such get something out of it. Well I have had nothing but problems since then. Is anyone else having these problems. AND NO, I AM NOT BEHIND A FIREWALL!!!