1.OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION SP2
2. What firewalls you have?
WINDOWS FIREWALL, MCAFEE
3. How much ram?
1GB
4. Hard Disk space available?
227GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
BROADBAND
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
USB ADSL WAN ADAPTER (BRAND: SAGEM FAST 840, MODEL NR: DUNNO )
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
HOME
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
LW: 4.12.6 / J: 1.5.0_08
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
OTENET ONDSL
10. 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?
TEST WORKED
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
NO
12. Is this a your 1st try at FW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
NEW USER, BUT LW WORKED PERFECTLY AT THE BEGINNING.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of FW's interface?
ON STARTUP OF LW YES, AFTER SOME WHILE NO.

Allright, here is my problem: I start Windows, wait till its up, then start LW and downloading. Everything is normal, I get all the green bars, the files get downloaded.
After some time I check on LW, and find only the very first bar green, all my downloads on "connecting..please wait" status. I disconnect, reconnect LW. Nothing. Only one green bar, no download activity. I shut it down, even the system tray icon, then double-click on the LW shortcut on my desktop again. I get the LW startup-window (the one with the lime) but thats it, it just stays there and nothing else happens. I can go on doing anything else on the pc, open programs and run them - whenever I return to the desktop the Lime-window is there. I open the task manager and find LimeWire.exe on the list, I choose "end process", the Lime-window disappears, but whenever I double- click on the LW shortcut it returns and just stays there until I end LimeWire.exe. I restart the Pc, and all that I wrote starts from the beginning.......

Now, I followed the instructions on this site, the FAQ tips and everything, and I discovered through Event Viewer that the moment my Gnutella-Connection goes from full green bars to only one, a warning appears (yellow exclamation mark). Double clicking on it I get an Event-card saying among other things: "TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts." Source: Tcpip, Computer: USER-13BF0A1A35.

P.S. I have allowed LimeWire full access on the internet application list of the McAfee Firewall, as well as configured the Windows firewall acording to the instructions on the LW site.

Can anybody help me with this one?
(Sorry if there is already a threat dealing with this problem, it seems that I cannot enter some threats posted in the forum, especially the ones which are linked to in others such as the sticky threat)

thks