Limewire 4.9.7 was working just fine - could walk away from the computer for an hour and it would still be downloading and searching when I got back.

A few days ago, all of a sudden everytime I walk away from it even for just a few mins, I get that error message too, saying I'm not connected, and there are no longer ANY green bars - all are red. I have to click - File - Connect to get back on.

It picks up again, but I should be able to at least go potty without losing download progress, especially when it was FINE just a few days ago.

And adding to the problem, when I do get back, other files won't reconnect - they just keep saying "waiting for stable connections", but when I do the search, the files are right there with more than a dozen users. I will click them in the search window to start downloading again (has broken file icon by now) and it says Already Downloading, but that's no longer true. And I get no message about firewall and since no changes were made and it was working fine for weeks only until only days ago, that doesn't appear to be the problem.

The only way for me to get those downloads is to delete them from the download window, and the library both, then start All Over Again .

Again, there were no problems only a few days ago, and I've changed nothing in the firewall programs, so there's no Obvious reason I can see for the problem.

I even tried updating to the latest version, Limewire 4.9.11 and nothing changed (and yes, tried rebooting too). Also, I tried running virus scan from the website just to keep Internet Explorer open and connected, but still after only a couple of mins, IE is still working uninterrupted but LimeWire is not (so apparently the problem is not my internet connection). Nothing seems to correct this.

Can someone help please?????

Please??

Thanks in advance!