My Limewire won't startup. I double-click it but it doesn't run at all; it just loads for half a second and nothing happens.

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. Windows 20000 Advanced Server
2. No firewall (for sole testing of this purpose)
3. 1024 MB RAM total but windows is currently only using 768MB
4. 7 GB HD space availble
5. DSL
6. Linksys BEFSR41 v2 Router
7. I'm trying to connecto from home.
8. I have the latest Limewire Basic from website.

The last time I logged on LImewire was a month ago and it was fine.

Thank you.

Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 in Fixes for Limewire (sample at bottom of page.) If that doesn't fix it then re-install Java using the "Offline" installer. Failing that, reinstall LW.

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i already deleted the LW preferences (as i read the fixes already) and I uninstalled both LW and java and reinstaleld java latest version (offline) and LW latest basic. both to no avail

Hmm last time updating your Java from 1.5_1 to 1.5_4 fixed your problem. When you re-installed LW, did you use the online or "Offline" installer version? Trying the offline might be the go. If that doesn't do it, uninstall Java 1.5 & try 1.4.2 unless you've already tried that. If that still doesn't do the trick get back to us.

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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 did the offline LW too that didn't work. i'll try the JRE 1.4.2 see if that works.

It worked! I installed JRE 1.4.2. Why does LW work with that rather than with JRE 1.5 ? Oh, BTW, thanks foryour help.