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Old September 23rd, 2004
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Chill out, all you anti-Microsoft fanatics (and get used to computing securely BTW), Limewire works with SP2.

2 steps:

1. The first time Limewire runs, the Windows Firewall should prompt to enable 2 programs: "javaw" and "<installation_path>\LimeWire.exe". Enable these 2 apps to pass the firewall when prompted.

2. Per Limewire's own instructions ( http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml ) go to Start | Control Panel | Windows Firewall and "Add port..." 6346 twice with the default scope, once for TCP and once for UDP (the names you give these rules aren't important).

Ta da, Limewire works. Amazing, Microsoft did not ruin free computing everywhere, it only enabled 90% of the computers on the planet to connect to the Internet more securely. This should make you happier on its own, even if you ARE running Linux. :-)

Cheers,

J

PS To be fair, before I put this together, I installed the "Event ID 4226" patch from http://www.lvllord.de/?url=tools --which did not help on its own, but I don't think its current installation is crucial to the solution. If the above steps do not work for you, try the utility as well. All I know is Limewire's connection quality is now "excellent" and files are uploading and downloading as before SP2.
PPS I've upgrade to Limewire 4.1.5 Beta.
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Thanks for your insight....but to make it even more simple....

For all those people who aren't getting a signal or can't connect try this and see if it works... (I have been working at this for hours and finally connected) Basically it's only step 2 from your instructions that we need to follow with one exception as I will explain below...

2. Per Limewire's own instructions ( User Cant Connect - LimeWire ) First start LimeWire | Tools | Options, go to the very bottom of the list to Advanced | Firewall Confi and see what number is in the "Listen on Port" box, copy this down and then go to Start | Control Panel | Security Center | Windows Firewall | Exceptions and "Add port..." Put the number you copied from Limewire in the port number box and name it whatever you want (example of name "Limewire port") in the other box and just leave the green dot on TCP.
That should be it.....start up limewire again the wall should be removed and the green bars should start filling up (it takes a sec for all the bars to go green).

Hope this helps!





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Chill out, all you anti-Microsoft fanatics (and get used to computing securely BTW), Limewire works with SP2.

2 steps:

1. The first time Limewire runs, the Windows Firewall should prompt to enable 2 programs: "javaw" and "<installation_path>\LimeWire.exe". Enable these 2 apps to pass the firewall when prompted.

2. Per Limewire's own instructions ( User Cant Connect - LimeWire ) go to Start | Control Panel | Windows Firewall and "Add port..." 6346 twice with the default scope, once for TCP and once for UDP (the names you give these rules aren't important).

Ta da, Limewire works. Amazing, Microsoft did not ruin free computing everywhere, it only enabled 90% of the computers on the planet to connect to the Internet more securely. This should make you happier on its own, even if you ARE running Linux. :-)

Cheers,

J

PS To be fair, before I put this together, I installed the "Event ID 4226" patch from www.LvlLord.de - Tipps, Tricks & Utilities - Tools --which did not help on its own, but I don't think its current installation is crucial to the solution. If the above steps do not work for you, try the utility as well. All I know is Limewire's connection quality is now "excellent" and files are uploading and downloading as before SP2.
PPS I've upgrade to Limewire 4.1.5 Beta.
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Hi all
OS XP SP2
P4 3.0 Ghz
2Gb ram
I just installed a new copy of XP SP2 and after doing the windows updates, installed Limewire. Limewire will not even start, it reboots my computer.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled it a couple times and get the same result.

Trying to find info specific to this problem in other threads seems to lead to the Windows Firewall and checking open ports, however Limewire doesn't even show in the Exceptions list.

Any insight?

Thanks.
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nice...

I just disable the XP firewall and use Norton's...
Same with me, Big Guy !!!

And, judging from the number of posts on this problem with XP SP 2, it might be a good idea to make this a sticky for a little while...
Thing is, I didn't want to do it myself...
What ya think there, Peerless Plucker ?
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Old October 3rd, 2004
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I tried all of that and it still would not work, then I pinged netstat and found that we need to open more ports: 6346-6349 with both UDP and TCP then also open the gnutella network with the local port that will show in your netstat file and specify the id: 127.0.0.1 when you change scope, remember to do both UDP and TCP. Only then did it work and I just got excellent connection.
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1. The first time Limewire runs, the Windows Firewall should prompt to enable 2 programs: "javaw" and "<installation_path>\LimeWire.exe". Enable these 2 apps to pass the firewall when prompted
What if you haven't enabled these to pass the firewall? i cant remember ever blocking them,but i cant find them on my security centre "exception" list
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What if you haven't enabled these to pass the firewall
These should be exempted in the 1st place. Thing you must remember is that SP2 changes a lot of the settings. 'So' you need to go back & check/& change them back.

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and found that we need to open more ports
SP2 limits the no. of ports (as remember it.) The patch is supposed to remedy this. BUT there's been a no. of successful suggestions made that don't work for every individual (incl. the patch.) I'd suggest you search the forum for 'sp2' or else 'service pack'. There's been 'more' than 1 patch out already (incl. 3rd party) & there's sure to be more! If it is important to you to remedy the situation then it is worth the time & effort to find the alternative answers to sp2 probs already listed on the forum. Reiterating, not 1 answer solves everybody's probs. So check 'em all out!!!!!
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Old October 11th, 2004
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Cool It worked for me

I just tried the directions that ZAP had posted and it worked excellent for me, not to mention that I feel safer having SP2 on my system (although it may be a false sense of security,LOL). Thanks ZAP for the post!
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I tried all of that and it still would not work, then I pinged netstat and found that we need to open more ports: 6346-6349 with both UDP and TCP then also open the gnutella network with the local port that will show in your netstat file and specify the id: 127.0.0.1 when you change scope, remember to do both UDP and TCP. Only then did it work and I just got excellent connection.

I tried opening all of the ports (6346-6349) on both UDP and TCP and also the local port 2456 from netstat. I still could not connect. Any suggestions.
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