I have only just started using limewire .. because gnut usually doesn't download now (must be some of those new clients with 'advanced features') .. anyway, here is a tip based on my experience:

I can usually download, if the host is willing and the item hasn't been queued too long.

It is when it is queued for a while that this requery bullsh starts, so ...

1. I set number of simultaneous searches quite high (for me 10 is quite high) so I can keep old ones open and run parallel searches for the same guff

2. When I find a likely source for some guff I like, I leave the search like that, and move onto another search window to continue to look for the same item, but a better version/faster source

3. But first I cue up the item I want. I make sure I don't cue up many items at a time, and that way they don't stay there too long and start this requery bullsh.

4. When an item has been cued for a while, say if the requery time >300s, I kill the download out of the cue, and recue it from the search window which I have left open for that purpose.


** Note for any developers **
This sux, and the requery time should never clime above 400s. Some fool obviously just set it to double every time it fails whatever the f*** it is doing.

What is it doing anyway?