For some reason when i click search when i am looking for things to DL i have no problems until i click Download. Under status it says Connecting... with progress at 0% and nothing else happens it just sits still. No progress?? anybody thing they might have the answer to my problems??

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?

Sounds like you 'might' not be properly configured or have a firewall issue.
Advisable to only have one firewall active & configure it using these instructions: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

yea sure

1. Windows XP
2. Mcafee Firewall along with Windows XP firewall
3. Ram i have 632mb
4. Free hard space avail. is at 26.3gb
5. Broadband, DSL
6. Actiontec Modem External USB ud800tp
7. connecting from home
8. Limwire version 4.8.1 pro
Java version 1.5.0_01
9. AOL is my ISP

anybody?? i shut off my firewalls and still no luck

When you open LW you can search immediately. But to downld you need to wait for LW to settle. Depending on shared & incomplete files to load this might take a while. Generally best to wait 10 mins at least if not more.

There's no need to use LW without a firewall. Just have only one FW active but properly configured to allow LW full access.

There's been a no. of people with problems using aol.

After LW's been on for about 30 mins do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False? If false then there's something blocking at least part of LW's access.

Try searching something really basic & simple like let it be. See if you can downld it. It will no doubt have lots of sources to downld from.