i am unable to fully connect to limewire. i get only one green bar.
when i try to search a message stating that it is still trying to connect to the network. i have tried all the tips given in the self troubleshooting section and nothing works.

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
12. 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?

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Well if he isn't going to answer I can as I am having an identical problem. In anwer to your question, Lordoftherings, here goes:

1) Windows XP
2) I believe I am using Norton firewall. Also, could be the Windows firewall. If this is important you will need to tell me where or how to check as to what I am using.
3) Ram = 512
4) 50 GB
5) Cable
6) LYNKSYS, Model = BEFSR41
7) Home
8) Version 4.9.4 - Java 1.5.0_04
9) Never had a problem with my old ISP provider. This only started happening when I upgraded. ISP was working fine for over a year of usage until I updgraded to 4.9.4.
10) Yes, sharing with one other computer via router but this was never a problem in the past with the old version of limewire.
11) This is a new problem with an experienced user.
12) I get message that says "Your Test Worked."

i am also getting limitted connentions...only one green bar.
in answer to the questions...
1)Windows Xp
2)Windows firewall
3)111
4)72.6GB
5)LAN
6)???
7)University (res)
8)LW 4.9.3 Java 1.4.2
9)no idea
10)the whole res shares the internet connection but no one else is having a prob.
11)new user....didn't have a prob with old program
12) the message worked

LW will sometimes disconnect too

red_eyes university res might be the reason. If you can connect at all you're lucky since most uni's are totally blocking p2p nowadays. Here's an example of how a p2p bandwidth shaper can work: Bandwidth Shaper Sample - typical of how some uni'ts & ISP's use it (click on link) ie: giving priority to net surfing & low priorities to p2p sharing. But ... if you were able to connect before then either they've changed their policy or it's a LW/Java/Firewall issue.

Both sakahowdah & red_eyes: Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link) Normally for norton firewall, disable XP firewall (go to the control panel, double click on Windoze Firewall, check the disable box) & configure Norton FW *Configuring Norton Internet Security However, someone today found their solution was the other way around: !!Solution!! to LW Problems!!

Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire Make sure you 1st note any settings that you think are important to your set up. Once you reopen LW, you'll need to reset them all.

sakahowdah go to LW's menu, Tools>Options>Speed & tick Disable Ultrapeer Capabilities & press apply. UPnP which Linksys uses doesn't work well in ultrapeer mode.

__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

i really need help understanding this. im a girl.. i dont get this high tech talk lol

i have like one litttttle bar on my limewire connection. and i try to search something and it takes forever... and NOTHING pops up!

im sooo mad!!!!

please help.

i have noooo clue about anything.