I've been using limewire for seriously years now... worked perfectly too!
I stopped using it for a couple months, and now it wont work at all!
I get the error message " Limewire was unable to initialize..."
I deleted it and downloaded another, shutoff all my shields and stuff including Norton, windows firewall, and spysweeper. and nothings helped!
I am online wirelessly and its never been problem till now!
Help!

OS version? Windows XP

2. What firewalls you have? Windows firewall on w/ exception, Norton fw - off

3. How much ram? 256

4. Hard Disk space available?

5. Connection type? DSL, Lan

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Modem- westell, model# B90-210015-04 / Router- Netgear WGR614v2

7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? House

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)

9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Verizon Wireless

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? Your Test worked!

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. yes but not sure

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new prob. with a long time user

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?
cant even open Lw up

Try steps 1-5 here Fixes for Limewire. Step 1 means use your add/remove control panel to remove all previous Java versions, then reboot. Then downld & then install the "Offline" java version. Deletion of your LW prefs folder is also an important step.