I get the same error using 1.4b. This is why I tryed 1.5 which as we know has its own problems. Now I have no Limewire because they both don't work. After the 1.5 trouble I uninstalled it and reinstalled 1.4b but that was no help.
Using Win98 SE on 1GHz Athlon/Tbird 512MB Ram.

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