I'm having trouble connecting with Vista, and I've already read all the posts here. First, let me give you my information:
1. OS version? Vista Ultimate completely updated
2. What firewalls you have? Vista's only
3. How much ram? 2G
4. Hard Disk space available? 35G
5. Connection type? LAN broadband, DS3 pipe (I own the ISP)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Cisco 7206 wide open
7. Where are you trying to connect from? work, NC Telecom, my ISP
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? LW 4.13.2.Pro, Java 1.6.0_01
9. Who is your ISP provider? NC Telecom (my company), we block nothing in our routers and have no packet shaping or other filtering active.
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? IT WORKED!
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Several other PC in the office are on the LAN, at least one XP system is using LimeWire fine.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem with experienced user on a new PC
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes, even if I disable the Windows firewall. I checked windows firewall and it has the LW access exception for both in and out.
I did a manual install of JRE 6.1 as suggested. This Dell M2010 XPS laptop was delivered without any virus protection and I added AVG, so McAfee isn't an issue.
Things that make you go HMMMMMMM..... any suggestions?