I have gone through and viewed the posts on connection issues. Nothing I have come accross addresses this issue. If its out there i have missed it.

Running windows xp, 2002 version, sp2
amd 1500+
1.35ghz
320 mb.
video is a 3D prophet 7500 series.
Mcafee firewire, antivirus, antihacker, antiabuse, spamkiller.

i have been able to use limewire before i upgraded to sp2. without any issues at all.

Now, i have upgraded the sp and all the different securities. I open up the limewire icon and it appears to start with all the wording in the start up window. Then it disappears and the program does not start up.

i have gone through and have tried the different settings for the video, removed and reinstalled the limwire software online and offline. Removed all references in the registry. i have disabled the mcafee software with the same results. I have tried turning off the windows security firewall and nothing. I can not think of what else to try here. Would appreciate any input on this matter. I thought of uninstalling sp2 but would rather not do this.

Thanks to all, Drewcfr