Finally solved my connection problem
 

I was finally able to track down the problem and got connected and wanted to share with you what I discovered because it may help others. The problem was one of the settings in my Norton Internet Security. The problem had to do with the Personal Firewall. I could leave Personal Firewall on, but on the Programs Tab - Manual Program Control I had LimeWire set at Block All. It worked when I changed this setting to Permit All. In the end I solved the problem on my own, but I do appreciate the responsiveness you showed along the way. Thanks.

Norton Internet Security screens and their effect on LimeWire Connections


This is the main menu for the Norton Internet Security application. I have selected the Personal Firewall option. Click the “Configure” button to go on to the next screen.

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On the Configure menu, select the “Programs” tab. See below.

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In the scrolling list of programs, select the LimeWire program and click on the Internet Access cell. See below.

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Click on the Permit All option on the LimeWire line. When I first went to this screen the option that was selected was “Block All” instead of “Permit All”.

BTW, the way I found this was by first turning off Norton entirely for 5 minutes. Once I did this I was able to connect to LW immediately, so I knew it had something to do with Norton settings. Then I went back, turned on Norton, and turned on and off various settings until I found which one prevented LW connections.

Hope this helps.

David

Norton Internet Protection 2004/2005


For those of you running NIP 2004/2005 please see THIS post (click on link) by ukbobboy01.