Hi chives
Not sure what is causing your particular problem, but LimeWire just released the 4.9.0 Beta version and the free version can be d/l from this link.
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml
If you have the Pro version it can be d/l from your personal pro page.
It has a lot of improvents in it. You can check out the improvements In the sticky here.
http://forums.gnutelliums.com/showth...threadid=39790