From what you said in post #3, it sounded like you had both Windows & McAfee firewalls running.

Some people have totally uninstalled McAfee, some have uninstalled the privacy policy only & that did the trick.

You never actually said what the problem was...I guess LW won't connect & you're seeing the firewall icon? You might also have to configure your modem/router if it has an internal firewall. As you can see here, Grandpa (Vista user) had to configure his
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/general-vista-windows-7-later-support/66796-running-limewire-vista.html

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