Hi people,

I posted the below last week before the site crashed, and I can now say the problem has been resolved. Many thanks to Grandpa and LOTR for their help on this. It was LOTR's suggestion that I trash Java and start again with version 6 beta that eventually fixed the problem - many many thanks.

Nug.

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It's worked absolutely fine for the past year, but now I can't open Limewire. The error message I receive is "LimeWire was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due to a firewall program blocking LimeWire's access to the internet or loopback connections of the local machine. Please allow LimeWire access to the internet and restart LimeWire." I've uninstalled it, and reinstalled the latest version, and it hasn't helped. I've also opened up port 6346 for UDP and TCP connections, deleted my Limewire preferences folder, turned my Firewall off completely, and disabled Norton Antivirus 2003 (which had succesfully run alongside Limewire for the past year anyhow).

does anyone have any further suggestions, please?

1. OS version? Windows 2000
2. What firewalls you have? BT 2Wire 1800HG router - built-in
3. How much ram? 512Mb
4. Hard Disk space available? 100Gb
5. Connection type? Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? BT 2Wire 1800HG router
7. Where are you trying to connect from? Home, Surrey, UK
8. What version of Limewire? Limewire 4.10.9
9. Who is your ISP? BT
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? I'm on a wireless home network with an Xbox plugged into the router via ethernet, and a wireless PC upstairs
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ No problem.

just a thought, others probably can help you better...

is LimeWire now listening to port 6346? It may have changed.

this is bizarre... I just noticed I responded to a thread posted on May 26 not June 26, yet it was at the top of the forum posts. how did that happen? I haven't moved beyond page 1. Strange...

How embarrassing! I just realised why. I'd done a search for the Limewire test page and had closed down the wrong browser. I'm responding to the thread I chose to look at to get the page link...

That's what happens when you have one eye on the football and are not concentrating properly