When i am downloading, it says i am turbo charged but my downloads are taking forever and they never say downloading they say connecting...... and still i am getting no where, i had to reload limewire after i reinstalled xp and it took me like a month to finally get it installed, it froze whenever i tried to install it, finally it worked and now it does this, does anyone know what the heck is goin on, or how to fix it???? thnx

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. Win XP, is that SP1 or SP2?
2. What firewalls you have? Have you configured them to allow LW full access? http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml
3. ram?
4. HDD space available?
5. Connection type?
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?


Here's some LW optimising hints: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

eg: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...028#post116028

i have xp sp2 and the only firewall i have is the windows firewall and it is allowed.... i have cable dsl connection 256mb of ram my modem model number is BEFCMU10 and it is a linksys cable modem and i am connecting from home... ever since i reloaded it i have been having problems with downloads... but before i never had any problems... what the heck is goin on?

Hava a look on your Linksys router or if need by connect to its browser window (I think that will be 192.168.1.1) & see if there is a UPnP option on it. Enable it. Then within LW go to menu Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall & tick the UPnP option & press the Apply button.

Keep in mind there's always going to be some search results in LW that you'll have difficulty connecting to for whatever reason (more-so those in red: that means they're firewalled.) Try to select those with the most stars for downloading from & those with the most sources under the # column. Do not downld too many files simultaneously. Remember your downld slots are limited here: Tools>Options>Downlds & Max. Downlds which you can change to suit yourself.

256 MB ram is not a lot nowadays but you can get away with it. Reduce unnecessary ram use such as 1. Tools>Options>Downlds & click option for Auto-clear downlds & press Apply. 2. Tools>Options>Uploads>Basic & set uploads to about 70 to 80% 3. Close windows you don't need open at that time (eg: Connections, Monitor & Library windows); menu View>Show/Hide 4. Close search results that are older than a few hours. 5.