You have 2 firewalls. Not wise to run 2 active firewalls as they can interfere with each other. Disable one of them; either disable XP's firewall or McAfee's firewall. For XP: go to the control panel, double click on Windoze Firewall, check the disable box.

Do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False?

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.

See the following link & follow “ALL” the off-shoot links to find hints & extra skills to help solve your problem: To continue files downlding (click on link) But you need to make sure your firewall situation is sorted out 1st, be that a software firewall or a router with a NAT firewall.