Hi Gang!
Has anyone checked out all the threads about the disconnecting issue? Just browsed through the titles and the last ones are pointing to Norton as the culprit.
Guess what? I got mad at Norton's ccApp in my processes because it was hogging 150 megs of RAM from the git-go, so I wiped it completely off my system, wrote them a nasty email, and installed Zone Alarm.
Limewire never disconnects on me now. Cool, huh?
There may be other factors involved, like the fact that I got tired of trying to make my little eMachine do far more than it was capable of and got myself a new computer. I was having other issues besides LW, and this was probably a rather expensive way of fixing my issues, but if I had all the money back that I spent on "fix it" programs in the last couple of months, I could have bought a really massive system or paid cash for this one.
As it is, I'm very happy with my new baby, though I had to learn far more about networking than I ever wanted to just to get my files off the old machine.
Anyway, I'd give the Norton Uninstall fix a try. You can get ZoneAlarm on a trial basis (along with probably most other firewall/anti-virus programs.) I found a great site and bought ZA for 30 bucks, no shipping, no handling..if anyone's interested.
Oh, Hopper. I did get that download alright and it's a sweet little program. I'm going to put it on my new system, too. But it didn't fix my explorer issue. I think nothing short of an OS reinstall will fix that, which is what I'm going to do once I've searched out all the stuff I want to bring over. A nice clean system is easier to sell and I don't want anyone messing with my stuff.
Oh, did you read about the murderer who got caught because he sold his old computer and forgot to wipe some rather incriminating files? Whoops...
And before this becomes another novel, I'll quit. Hope everyone's problems are being resolved. I had a great time in Baja, and maybe found a place to live ten yards from the ocean, which would be so fantastic. Just have to dig up all the change out of the sofas till I've got $25,000. Camp space rental is only $218 a month. After living in an area where you can't get a one bedroom dwelling for under a thou, that seems cheap to me, if not to anyone else.
Bye all,