I was just curious you didn't mention what version you got and the basic version is free. And no I do not know of anything wrong with Zone Alarm although I do prefer Norton all Anti Viruses and Firewalls will at one time or another miss new viruses. When a new virus comes out there is no defense against it until it is discovered and a fix is written for it.

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I understand what you're saying. It's the tech support people who run into it first and have to find a work around until Microsoft or someone comes up with a fix. I checked the ms site and they had nothing new there for viruses. I'll just hope for the best.
And I'm thinking Norton is the way to go. I've always liked its firewall and virus scanner. Norton Works I'm not thrilled with, but I have so many other ways to scan and clean and defrag that I don't have to pay for that too.
Well, time to sleep. I'm still scratching my head over hooking up the TV tuner, but I'll get it done eventually. Then I can really go to town copying my favs. Oh, I installed Nero's new plaything called Project Neon. It's supposed allow me to talk and share with anyone, anytime. If some others try it out, it might be fun to have the ability.
Talk at ya later--

i used CommView to see what exactly was happening and i see alot of random connections comeup for LimeWire but no packets are being sent. And sometiems a bunch of connections will emerge but they will all dissapear in a second... I think my connection is being filtered somehow...

Howdy all,
Hey there, Firestorm. I just went back through a bunch of the earlier replies in this thread. I was hoping to find out some info on your system. No such luck. Could you let me know what security you're running, Norton, McAfee, etc.? Firewall? How do you connect to the internet, dial up or dsl or faster?
I'm beginning to realize just how different everyone's computer is. I mean, they come off the assembly line, fairly alike, but certainly not blue-printed. The moment we get it home, it all becomes different in a thousand subtle and not so subtle ways.
Every program has its say, nudges this other program for some room, some shared files, this and that. How on earth can we really troubleshoot a system we can't look at?
I know you guys can, and I've done my share at work, but sometimes it takes hours to locate that one tiny glitch, like the program that wants to rewrite the program you're using's ini file. Teensy change, huge mess.
But it does sound a lot like a firewall issue, Firestorm. Which firewall is that? Maybe it's one I've played with before, or Grandpa or Hopper and the others have.
Wouldn't PC Anywhere be fun, if you could trust the user.
Well, good luck.

I doubt its a firewall issue because I've tried configuring mine up the wall, and ive removed all my firewalls and tried... But I am using ZoneAlarm, but I really think it is just a matter of my ISP, becuase my friend with the same Wireless Broadband Connection had the same problem exactly when I did, and weve been using Limewire for a very long time and we have two completely differently configured computers. I'm just gonna call my ISP and ask them if they are blocking any ports.
THanks tho.

Sir Firestorm (and everyone else,)
I sure was hoping this issue would resolve itself. The man (and woman) hours spent on this has proven expensive.
Firestorm: Have you reinstalled your nic driver? Do you have any other connection issues besides LimeWire?
I took back my HP and traded it for a Gateway. It's worse than the HP. The local Geek Squad is trying to tell me that I messed everything up by installing a network connection using a crossover cable. Funny, I read the manual and never saw the paragraph on how you must never create a network using a crossover cable. The network connection wizard even had a selection for a direct connect network.
For over a week, almost everytime I shut down the computer, it would reload without a nic. Just gone, poof! I would have to restore Windows to an earlier date. I'd have a connection then, but all the software I'd installed would have to be installed again. Norton finally refused to install at all. I'm stuck with Zone Alarm for the time being. I was finally able to reinstall the network card driver and things have been better on that front. I got to get into my email and sort through 48 messages.
I would reinstall my nic, Firestorm, even if you're connecting outside of LW. There's bound to be some corruption in there.
I got to finally reinstall the computer cleaner software and it had some fixing to do. Thanks Hopper for turning me on to that.
Well, for those in the U.S. hope you didn't eat too much turkey. I'm gearing up for the Friday sales, got my penny jar out and everything. Some of the stores open at 5 a.m. and there's a line around the block by 4. Crazy!
See you all around.

I had problems with me losing internet connection - after a while I was just losing my internet connection (couldn't connect anywhere) even though I'm on broadband.

This was resolved when I reduced my number of simultaneous uploads - it was up at 20 and I reduced it down to 7. If you have a lot of other software (you maybe using other clients too?) then reduce it further. That might resolve the problem for you too.

At the end of the day, if it's 7 then some users have to wait a while but they'll get a faster transfer when they finally do because they won't be sharing it with so many other users.

Thank you Master Purple,
(Been a long time since I visited this thread or any other.) I had a mechanic boyfriend who told me to always check the easy things first, test them one by one before going on to the things that need a dismantling of the engine.
You've proven it here, Earl. We've been tearing our hair out over this issue for some time, and since I returned with a functioning computer and downloaded the latest version of Limewire, (and I have to download it again on still another new machine) it didn't seem to be doing any better. I forget now, since it's been awhile, but there was something else about the new version that didn't please me.
LW installs with a default of 20 uploaders or uploads per person, not sure on that. I had it set at 10 on the old computer for no other reason than I was messing with the preferences. Even with only 10 sometimes they're sharing 15 kpps. That's mighty slow. And my downloads were miserably slow or non existent on the new HP that I had for three days. But I was grabbing 10 or more of those 'loads at one time. Just piggy and ended up paying for it.
We were trying everything under the sun, but aiming too high, I think:
I bought a new 512 stick of RAM for my 'puter, which helped everything but LW. I changed firewalls to get rid of that memory hog ccApp. Finally I just bought a new heftier machine, which I needed if I wanted to goof around on the Internet as I was.
Two new computers and both gave me nothing but grief, first the HP and then a GW. I'm back to eMachines with not much more processor speed, but lots of RAM and 2000 BUS somethings. Oh, I'm so technical. The guy at Best Buy said it was like getting a highway with 2000 lanes instead of 800. More room to send more data. Hope that isn't just B.S.
When I install LimeWire again, I'm going to keep the ups and downs under control. Right now, the new machine, which hasn't been loaded down with things stashed in the startup, is a quick little bunny. I'm going to do my best not to overload my machine with hidden startup programs. I like having them jump right to attention when I click on the icon, but better a slower start so they can all play nicely together.
Thank you so much Earl. You are wise.
Hope everyone's holiday's were just too much fun.

Lana
AKA.....

I haven't gotten any messages but yesterday I was trying to download some songs and once again I noticed that the Limewire connection has failed and there wasn't one. It is still the same way right now ( 11:24 AM Central U.S. time ). If you have any solutions to this problem please let me know. Thank you.

Have you tried rebooting your computer, Also you may have to reset your router

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Later Grandpa