I have a Linksys BEFSR41 router. I disabled the firewall within the router a long time ago and haven't messed with it since. I just got back into it and made sure that the firewall was off and it was. That was the main reason the first time I had Limewire (about 3 years ago), that I couldn't connect. It was in the advanced options and changed a 0 to a 1 in the DMZ area if I remember right. I'm at work right now so I can't check for sure, but that was the solution that the Linksys tech gave me and it worked. I've had no problems with it since.

As far as Norton Firewall and Windows Firewall, I can connect with either both running or both off or one or another running and off.

I also am running just plain Norton AntiVirus 2006, NOT the Internet Security. I had too many problems with that, so I went with just the regular AntiVirus

I appreciate the links for disabling and reconfiguring the Norton, but Why would LW still not connect when I totally Uninstalled the Norton?

Also, I bypassed the router all together and went right from my modem and still the LimeWire wouldn't even attempt to connect. My guess is that it has to be something within Windows considering I bypassed the router and uninstalled Norton and still had problems.

I guess the main thing is that I had no problems before the reinstall of Windows, so I have no clue what could be wrong.

I'm going to reformat and totally reinstall Windows again and LimeWire will be the first thing I install and we'll see if that works. Maybe one of the Microsoft security updates screwed things up?

I also have a backup Dell 4700 computer and took the same Install program from Limewire and it connected just fine and that was connected to the same router. Thats another reason I think my problem is within Windows on my main computer.

Again, thanks for the insight. Alot of that looks like french to me, but I'll read it a few times and I'm sure I'll catch on. Thanks again