ok.

LW has been running for a while, i've searched, downloaded etc and so far so good. it ran well last night but i didnt really get a chance to try it out for too long. i'll be sure to post my results from tonight.

here's what i changed.
-turned off LW media player.
-added port 6346 (i think that was it- the one limewire uses) to the "ports to monitor" in NIS>options>firewall.

i didnt change the windows firewall or java yet because itw working well so far. if i have problems thats gonna be my next change.

i still get the security alerts, but only 2 at first when i connect then no more, which i can put up with.

thanks for the help,
kyle