Alright so i have Windows Vista and i just recently installed limewire on my new computer. Limewire beta 4.13.0 is what i installed so when trying to connect to download music and things
message pops up saying - your computer does not appear to have an active internet connection or a firewall(s) are blocking so and so fourth...LimeWire was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due to a firewall program blocking LimeWire's access to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow LimeWire access to the internet and restart LimeWire.

so i did just that, i have McAfee Security Center
and i have Windows Firewall on my computer which has its on firewall and Windows Defender i tryed disabling all these firewalls and i still have problems and it makes my internet stop working period and then i have to close limewire to get my internet to work again so how can i get limewire to work without making my internet mess up and allow them both to work at the same time?

I got LW installed. Only problem is, it connects for maybe a minute with only 3 bars then drops to 1. Afterwards, my internet connection is shot. I have to do the same disabling of my connection just to get it back. What is so different about Vista. My LW always ran perfectly smooth on XP.


1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98,XP.SP2. )? Windows Vista
2. What firewalls you have? McAfee & Windows Firewall
3. How much ram? 9.99 GB
4. Hard Disk space available? 138 GB Memory 960 MB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Cable- Charter Communications
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
Conexant D850 PCI V.92 Modem
Cable Modem
Cable RF MAC Adress=000028ad37dda

7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
LW4.12.11 Java1.6.0
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)?Charter Communications
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? Your test worked!
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.new problem since this is a new computer
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?yes

Processor -AMD Athlon(tm)64x2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
Memory-960 MB

By the way, it also hijacks my internet connection.