Corruption
 

I am getting may pieces of music which downloads ok but then informs me that the file is corrupt???? comments please

Could be a few reasons. Sometimes the actual file is fine, but at the time you selected to downld, LW downlded the hash of the file. Then at a later stage the person hosting the file changed the id3 tag/description of the file so LW detects it as being different. Such files are actually fine & will play fine.
But then you have the MIAA & related sponsored groups who deliberately spam the network with fake & corrupt files.
Another reason for a corrupt file might be data loss between you & the host. This could be a line issue, router issue, firewall or AV, etc.

so is there a fix for this problem or is there certain types of files that i need to be DL-ing that wont have this problem?

uggg i saw the warning at the top of the LW screen that warns to only DL official LW content that has a lock pictured next to it, but cant seem to find a single dang DL that has a lock next to it! HELP!

Ummm That warning is for limewire updates not anything else. :shoot: