It seems that I am also having the same connection issues as many of the other people who have been posting messages today. I have checked and removed any firewalls, yet I still have the brick wall in front of the globe at the bottom of the screen. I also get all of the bars to turn green, yet my downloads continue to say "connecting". I have uninstalled limewire and downloaded it again, but this has not corrected the problem. What can I do?!?!?