What version is your 'kernel32.dll' file? 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Questions:

a) What operating system are you using? Windows XP Home
b) What LimeWire version are you using? LimeWire 4.8.1

c) Did downloading ever work before? i only downloaded Limewire today, so no.
d) What day did downloading stop working? today
e) Did you install any programs or updates (Windows Updates in particular) just before downloads stopped working? i downloaded the Java program when i installed Limewire

f) How long is the path to your incomplete/save directory? 4 steps
g) If you shorten the path (C:\Files\Saved) does it start working?
h) What drive is the save directory on? C: drive
i) Is the save directory on an internal or external drive? internal
j) Do you have many files that you are downloading? 5

k) Does the problem appear when you click on a search result to start downloading, or only after you've restarted LimeWire and it resumes old downloads? n/a
l) Does the problem appear with every single download, or only some of them? every one thus far
m) If it appears with only some of them, what do those downloads have in common? Are the names really long? n/a
n) If it appears with all of them, try downloading some files that have very short names. Does it still fail? so far medium length named files have not worked, am awaiting a shorter file name however

o) Do you have any Anti Virus or Firewall programs running? yes Norton Anti-Virus, and the XP firewall
p) If so, can you disable them and try running LimeWire again? i don't want to disable them if i can avoid it.

thankyou in advance, sorry to be a hassle!!