Once you have downloaded and installed the software, click on the LimeWire icon on your desktop, and you will get to the main screen.

First, lets choose the type of search we would like to make, you can do this by selecting one of the buttons near the top left of the screen.  Your choices are All Types, Audio, Images, Video, Documents and Programs.  There all pretty self explanatory, so make your choice by pressing the appropriate button which will then be highlighted in yellow.

We're going to do a simple search.  So lets look for  an Image file of Coldplay, firstly choose the image button and then in the Images Title box type what you are looking for.  In our case we're going to type 'Coldplay' and then click on the 'search' button.  After a short delay you will see the files begin to be listed in the right hand pane, choose what you would like to download by clicking once on the file and then click the large green 'download arrow' near the centre of the screen.

You can of course choose to download more than one file at a time, and you can see their progress using the blue progress bars at the bottom of the screen.  To view your file you can simply double click it once it has finished downloading, alternatively you can navigate to your shared folder to see every file you download from LimeWire.

The default location for your shared folder is: C/Documents_and_Settings/Owner/Shared

Have a play around with the software and you will soon get the hang of it, but be warned if you choose to download copyrighted material you are breaking the law!

Have Fun!