These may or may not help (a) Problems with the search, __ (b) Hostiles List. I presume you replaced the gnutella.net file whilst LW was closed? And/or removing old LW prefs folder.

Update....I purchased LW5 Pro and installed on my HP Vista 64 laptop. I connected to the neighbors wireless network and LW connected and works great. Later today I'm going to reconnect to my network that the desktops are connected to and see if LW on the laptop can connect.
Update.....already having problems. I'm trying to get to "options" on the "tool" menu and it just flashes for a split second.

YOu need to wait for LW 5 to be 'totally' loaded before you can access options. This means totally loaded incomplete files & shared files. This can take several minutes if there are many. Be patient.

there aren't many at all, this started only a couple of hours after I installed it. I was able to access everything in the tools menu the first couple of times without waiting. Now after only downloading 6 MP3s I have to wait? Doesn't seem right.

See if this helps; close LW, delete the LW prefs folder: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/window...tml#post183932 but LW must be closed at that time. Also before you do this, make a note of any important settings, also remember which location your download folder is.

wow....LW5 has a whole new set of problems. I waited for 2-1/2 hours and still can't open "options" in the "tools" menu. Also, everytime I restart LW it says my save folder is no longer valid and I have to choose it again before LW will open. Then I tried to uninstall it and when I choose uninstall it just opens LW.
I just deleted the LW preferences folder and now I can't keep the damn program closed. I close it and it reopens itself every 5 seconds. I've had viruses that aren't this annoying. Who do I talk to to get a refund.
I just did a system restore to get rid of it.

OUCH! .. well it certainly should not be doing that. And it does sound like a virus of some nature if it is re-opening continually.
You could always revert back to LW 4.18.8 Pro, see last sentence & 2nd attachment of this post: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/window...lw-4-18-a.html. There is a chance the present LW 5 version just is not going to work well on your machine. A reasonable % of people have downgraded back to LW 4 either because LW 5 did not behave well or because they didn't like it.

Particular LW versions work differently on different computer set ups. So perhaps waiting for the next LW release might be wise.

Ok....explain this to me. I've removed LW5 Pro from the Vista64 laptop and removed 4.9 Pro from one of the XP desktops and installed the free basic version 4.18 on both of them and they both work without any problems. Am I correct in assuming I only get these problems if I pay for them? What is different about how the PRO version and how the basic version connect?

Did you come here to 'flame'? I have no idea. I am not a LW programmer. We are volunteers on this forum. Nobody who helps on this forum works for LW.

Pro connects to two extra ultrapeers. It also has some small improvements in the search engine. That's all I know.

But if I didn't mention it earlier, some versions of LW work better on some people's set up compared to others. That has always been a common thread since I've been helping on these forums.

If you still have Pro support, send them an email. They might know why.

If you still have Pro, why not try installing LW 4.18 pro on them if 4.18 basic runs fine. Perhaps the present LW 5 just is not going to run properly on your machine.

no...I didn't come here for that. I came here because I paid for a program that is suppose to work. If it doesn't work, I should get a refund.I kinda take it personal when someone rips me off. But, thanks for your help. I have already sent an email to the support people. And you would think if a company sets up a support forum, they would have support people in here answering questions about problems with thier software and not expect other people to do thier job for free.