Sorry, I guess I was kind of vague. The problem is that I cannot get on to the network. The pop-up box says exactly" you are not connected to the network. Click on "connect" under the File menu" well...I have. That is the most obvious thing to do. I did download the latest version of java; how do I know? The site you kindly refered me to www.java.com said that I had already done that. Oh, and my PC is not a mac, it's an HP 2.8 Ghz. Like I said I did try the IP address and port suggestion and still nothing comes up. I've read all the other threads looking for suggestions from those answers. But even so, everybody who seems to have a problem it's while they are connected to the network. This is easy to tell because they claim they can download music, play MP3s, etc. I'm just not able to connect to the file sharing networks. I really appreciate your help. Is there anything else you can suggest?