SDASWANI, you wanted to know how your 'jar' fix worked. It doesn't! I am hoping you will tap into your software engineer expertise once again in an additional attempt to resolve this problem.

Again, I downloaded the 'jar' file, deleted settings, and tried again to connect. No luck!

NOTE: There is a little red icon dot in the lower left corner of the page. I noted that, when I click on 'connect,' that light turns green for a fraction of a second, and immediately reverts back to red.

Are you any closer to finding a solution to this problem?

Ach, HELP with Connection problems!

I have read through both threads on this subject and tried all suggested fixes.

Oddly enough, I do not have the "advanced" tab available for my LAN settings, so I am unable to verify if Microsoft firewall is enabled. However, I believe it is not. I do have Norton personal firewall running, but have not been able to get it allow Limewire to connect. I tried adding javaw.exe to the allowed list (as suggested by the Limewire web site), but that didn't work.

If I disable norton personal firewall I am still unable to connect.

Please someone help.

I used the purger and I've deleted the preferences directory myself. I'm running OS X. The connection problem didn't start happening until I updated my java to JRE 1.4.2. Could that be related? Strange.

If you have not already done so, see if downloading the latest version (4.0.4) of LW will help.

I had windows xp and zone alarm firewalls running, so I couldnt
connect. I closed both firewalls, and still no dice. I rebooted and
tried to connect again still nothing. I was pissed. Than something
hit me, even with zone alarm shut down there still are problems with Limewire. Then it hit me. Uninstall zone alarm, presto instant connection.

Having your port forwarded through any router/firewall on your cable modem is very important.

Even if you can talk to the gnutella network through a firewall you will not be able to get many files because most other people are behind firewalls.

Two firewalled people can't "push" or share files with each other.

So if you want faster and more downloads, learn how to port forward. It's not all that hard to do.

I cant connect either. Ive also lost my downloads now because people telling me i had to delete the .limewire program. I have configured three firewalls to work with limewire and it aint working. It used to stay disconnected for about 30 mins then connect but now ive been waiting 3 hours and it wont connect. Ive copied my incomplete folder so i can send it back which is ok i reckon. What do i do? Is it because i dont have Pro? the network it refusing me. Ive also started to share large numbers of files but it still dosent connect!

I have followed all the steps that have been provided to solve this connection problem. I still am having no luck getting a connection. I just downloaded Limewire on Tuesday night and by Wednesday it would no longer connect. I am running Windows XP. Please help!!

Hi, thanks in advance for any help you can offer:

I recently downloaded Limewire 4.0.7 and successfully installed it, but the problem is it doesn't connect. I have a wireless network connection (WLAN) and the internet works fine. I use Windows XP. The firewall on windows is turned off. This computer came preinstalled with Norton Anti-Virus 2003, but that program doesn't seem to have a firewall anyway (if it does, please tell me how to turn it off!). I tried deleting the .limewire preferences directory, as recommended, but that didn't help. I also downloaded the jar file and double clicked on it, but nothing happened. The jar file didn't open, nor was the connection fixed when I restarted limewire. I've tried connecting on different ports, but that doesn't seem to work either.

Please help!

POSSIBLE CONNECTION-SOLUTION!!!

Hello Everyone, because I couldn't connect either, I've read this forum and tried everything. First I discovered the same problem as some of you:
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SDASWANI, you wanted to know how your 'jar' fix worked. It doesn't! I am hoping you will tap into your software engineer expertise once again in an additional attempt to resolve this problem.

Again, I downloaded the 'jar' file, deleted settings, and tried again to connect. No luck!

NOTE: There is a little red icon dot in the lower left corner of the page. I noted that, when I click on 'connect,' that light turns green for a fraction of a second, and immediately reverts back to red.

Are you any closer to finding a solution to this problem?
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LimeWire worked with me after I had done the following:

- exit LimeWire (also in taskbar)
- delete the preferences directory
- download the 'jar' file, and open it in Winzip
- extract it to the LimeWire directory (2 files will be added to the directory)
- I also shut down Norton Internet Security, but I think that won't be necessary.

After I had done all this, I started LimeWire......and it connected!!!
First, the connection was 'poor' but later on it became 'good'.

I hope this helps for more people. Good luck!!!

greetz, Spitfire