I have tried almost everything and I am still having the same problem. Whenever I get onto limewire it only connects a little bit (1 bar) and gives me the message saying that "your machine does not appear to have an active Internet connection or a firewall is blocking LimeWire from accessing the internet...." I have no idea what firewalls I have. I own Windows 2000 and have Microsoft AntiSpyware and Norton AntiVirus (but I don't think it has firewall.) However, when I close Microsoft AntiSpyware I still have the same problem. In addition whenever I close out of LimeWire and re-open it I have to go through the process where it asks what language you want and what connection my computer has etc. I don't know why I have to keep going through that process every time I open Limewire. Also, the "Listen On Port" in the Firewall Configuration keeps on changing from the default. Whenever I restore defaults and close out LimeWire and then restart it (going through the language and connection process again) it changes again. I have tried so many different things and nothing is working, please help!