Birdy
From this Pom, thanks very much for your reply. I've been scanning the forum for most used advice/help in this situation. I turned off tip of the day and connect at startup. No joy. Then deleted the .limewire in document and settings. It went through the basic startup and "CONNECTED IMMEDIATELY"
with 5 green bars!! Haven't shut down yet but keeping fingers crossed will re-load when I do. Thanks again for your reply.