not connecting, i think its my firewall
 

hey, every time, i try to go to limewire it wont let me and it said cause i either have no connection to the internet which i do, or it said that the fire wall is not allowing a connection, so i tried to turn of my firewall etc.. and it only has 1 bar of connection.... what should i do? thanks

firewalls
 

Here's the most likely scenario, either you have a firewall you weren't aware you had, or your modem/router has a NAT firewall (most non-dial up modems do) or your isp is blocking. So to find out, have a look at each of the sections here Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link)

Remember XP has its own firewall. Modems/routers should have UPnP ability which may need to be enabled to allow LW access thru the nat firewall. If yours doesn't then you may need to do manual port forwarding. Instructions for these issues are discussed in the link I gave. ;)