Ok so you've found one of my weaknesses...I give up too easily.
But I really would love to use Limewire, there's only so many Thai Soap Operas a sane person can take

I'm going to try and attempt to answer the following questions, but i'm really not all that on computer jargon...

1. What firewalls you have?

Sygate, and I configured it to allow Java and LW

2. ram?

256 MB

3. Hard Disk space available?

7 Gigabytes

4. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)

Broadband

5. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?

Zyxel Prestige 630

6. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?

Home. Im using my laptop, Compaq Presario X1000, running on WinXP

7. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.

LW 4.8.1 Java 1.5.0_02

8. Who is your isp provider?

Hmm...as in who do I pay my bills to right? Well, that's a company called True...actrually on second thoughts you probably don't need to know that.

Checked in my network connections, WAN Miniport (PPPOE) is that any use to you?

I'm not sure what a router is, sorry...

Hopefully, we'll be able to get this problem sorted out.
Cheers again
Steppers

Forgot to mention i'm also using WinXP SP2, if that makes any difference.