My problem sounds very much like "I really am Nikki's". I open Limewire and it stays at connecting forerver with only the tiny bar turning green. I also get the IPod error. I've tried deleting the preferences, I've enabled my Norton Internet Security to bypass the firewall and did the Windows Firewall enable stuff. I clicked on the test page link and that was succesful (which I believe means my firewall is ok?) but when I did the Bug report and sample image thing I got a false reading. Here's my computer information.

Windows XP with all current updates
Norton Internet Security
Plenty of Ram and hard drive space
I have a cable modem provided by Cox but I'm not sure what kind.

I read a suggestion earlier that Cox may be the problem but they deny blocking person to person transfers.

Thanks in advance for whatever help you can give.