alrighty ive got windows xp professional
no firewalls other than standard one with windows taht i have turned off totally
1.73 gig of ram... i forget if its ddr or the other one dds i think it is...
tons of free memory 60 or so gig
cable internet connection thats not the problem its working fine
broadcom netxtreme 57xx gigabit connector ASIC version BCM5751 A1 firmware version 5751-v3.29a
connecting from home, ive got the newest version of limewire unless they came out with a new one this week and i just downloaded the new java platform last week as well (before problems started... ill look into that)
internet provider is Shaw Cable... not always reliable but its been working good for me so far without any low bandwidth or disconnecting
one other computer connected thru a router, no network set up between us other than shared internet though (router specs: D-Link DI-604 broadband router)
the test page worked :P
im off to my math 100 midterm... yoi well thanks for replying ill try some of older_not_wiser's ideas later