Thanks I was able to browse the network and search but couldn't DL anything and had some incompletes that I wanted to finish. Deleting the C:\Documents and Settings\{User Name}\.limewire and changing my connection speed to a T3 has made a huge difference.
I went from 3-15k per file to 30-125k! With people DL off me going from 1-5k to 10-15k.
Just remember to lower your DL and UL speed in tools>options>Download & Upload to reflect your real speed (mine is 300kbs incoming and 30-40kbs outgoing, check the links about speed tests on your ISP). Also set the slots for upload to one a person and 2-4 max total (you might want to only DL 4-6 files at a time also). Hope this helps solve somebody elses problems also.