You could try 'other' gnutella programs & see if same problem. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/phex-c...-released.html is a good one to try. There's also FrostWire & BearShare 5 beta, etc.

I have this type of problem too. I keep getting crap research results. Tagged "greatest hits", "hot mix" , etc...

I'm in Italy and having the same problems - after using Limewire for more than 2 years suddenly I get no searh results. I've closed down and restarted several times. Nothing. I normally search for audio files; if I search on the keyword "love", for example, I get nothing. Would be great to know how to solve this,

1. Show junk files at bottom of search results.

2. Problems with the search, __

3. Hostiles List

4. Disable Ultrapeer abilities in Advanced -> Performance options.

5. Use the Get More Results option as shown in example image below



6. If you see earlier than LW 4.18 versions connected to you on your connections page, then bump them off & wait for new ones to arrive. Some of the ultrapeers you may be connected to might be spammer UltraPeers (UP's) or dud ones.

LotR, you really are a god for all the help you've been offering to people on this issue.

I haven't bothered to even update my own thread, but my searches are down to absolute, complete, utter zero no matter what I do, no matter what I search for, no matter when I search, no matter what I search for, no matter what connections I keep or drop. LW Pro was a completely useless purchase for me this go round and it's frustrating as hell because it's apparently only not working for a percentage of us and since it's not affecting everyone, no one gives a rat's butt enough to come up with a patch or whatever. Because I don't believe for a second that there isn't a real actual issue.

If I had known I was going to have issues, I'd have kept the older version of LWP I was using and skipped upgrading again - so I get punished for being a loyal customer and paying for LW for years?

This sucks and I know I'm rambling, but every time I read a new person who can't download it makes me madder.

Aaaargh.

Try changing the skin. It might help. I had the same problem on my Mac, and someone here suggested that I change the skin to make the results reappear. It really helped.

Give it a shot. If it works, yay! If it doesn't, sorry. I'm not sure what else to try.

Dragon_Lady_Lizzie_2001