well i just did a destructive system recovery and didnt install the norton internet security yet, and turned my windows firewall on allowing limewire, i installed limewire and windows firewall asks to unblock the limeiwre swarmed installer but says nothing about unblocking limewire itself when i start it

Hmm did you reconfigure the firewall; Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)

ya i tried, but it still didnt work, i just went to configure personal firewall and then to the advaned tab, then i clicked general, and scrolled down and saw the block access to secure sites is blocked and block windows file sharing is blocked too, both are check in the small white box on the left too

do you guys think that this is even fixable? or is it just a lost cause trying to get limewire connecting on this computer

I feel for you
 

Jimbo-ice

I too have been having problems albeit not as bad as yours. Mine have been very intermittent (read my posts if you would like a laugh).

I have just been reading your thread and have been nearly brought to tears. Limewire has been sitting there for 2 hours, one bar, brick wall and no connections. I then read about you and someone else talking about exceptions in Xp firewall, particularly UPnP Framework. Mine isnt ticked so i ticked it, changed LW to UPnP in the options, changed the listening port back to 6346, shut it down, opened it up and hey presto 5 green bars, brick wall and excellent speeds.

You may want to try it. Might work. Might not.

Good luck. i will be following your progress.


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thx rufuscodd, i will try that in a little bit

aww i wasnt so lucky :( didnt work lol

oh bloody hell. sorry. hope you get it sorted. will keep a look out for your posts

I am so out of ideas...I have no idea why you cannot connect to Limewire :(

Why don't you try Frostwire and see how you go with that...:xeri_ok1ani:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=46086

If you want to try BearShare, use the version & BearStart utility mentioned here
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=53386