I believe AOL has some type of connection period policy or issue. If there's a certain period of apparent inactivity (keyb'rd/mouse related possibly.) But I don't know much about it.

Did you know XP has its own firewall?

Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

Do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False? If false then there is something at least partially blocking LW's access.