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Connection Problems Problems getting the LimeWire or WireShare program connecting to the Gnutella network. (not about connecting to files, that is a Download/Upload Problems section issue.) Please supply system details as described in the forum rules.
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Old January 30th, 2006
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hey i have deleted lime wire out my system and download it from it site and it still wont open and when i click on the icon a message comes up/- LIME WIRE IS NOT YOUR DEFAULT MAGNET LINK HANDLER DO U WANT TO MAKE IT. THEN IT TRYS TO CONNECT BUT IT WONT OPEN PLZ PLZ HELP
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... it still wont open...LIME WIRE IS NOT YOUR DEFAULT MAGNET LINK HANDLER... IT TRYS TO CONNECT BUT IT WONT OPEN
That means you have another p2p program on your computer that "is" it the magnet handler. Change it back to LW. nivin can you answer the questions on the previous page as I don't know anything about your system. Ah I just found your other thread in the BearShare section: it wont open It looks to me like a system problem. Easiest solution would be a reinstallation of windows. Not such a big deal really, just back your data up. Might even be worth reformatting. I also can't get BearShare to open. No matter what version I try.
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hey lord of the rings could u be able to give me instruction on how to do it i know it sounds stupid but im not a that really good at computers if u can that could be great & my bearshare open dont how but it just did sometimes i can open it and sometimes i cant dont know wat wrong
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How to do what? Reinstall windows? I'm not a big windows user. I'm actually a mac user. I'll pm someone else to offer the correct advice. I'd suspect just getting the windows installtion cd & reinstalling but ... I'll find out.
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Hi nivin,
I've never reinstalled my Windows but this might be helpful:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1202609,00.asp

More reinstall info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

Also some info about backing up:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u..._03july14.mspx

and some backup basics:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...te/backup.mspx

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There is a couple of things I need to know What OS XP/2000/98 are you running. If you are running XP is it SP/1 or SP/2 if it is SP/2 is your install disk SP/2

And do you know how your system is set up by that I mean how many hard drives do you have 1,2,3 if you only have one is it partitioned. In other words is it divided into multiple drives. Lets say you have 1 hard drive that is 200GB and it is partitioned in half if you went to Start/My Computer it would show different hard drives on mine C: and D: are 2 separate drives but H: and I: are one drive Partitioned into 2

Also do you have a CD burner
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..... but i have just read through the whole of this post and am confused

i have lw 4.10.5
on a xp sp/2
and my limewire will not startup

i have tried deleting the preferences file it made no difference

i have downloaded and extracted the purger file but windows does not know what program i need to run it i seect find on web and that just confused me even more, I NEED AN IDIOT'S GUIDE as i can't fathom it or next time i wont pay for the pro version as both times i have done that the system goes down and last time it was two months before i got a reasonable connection now i am back to square one no connection and very confused, somebody must have an easy guide for us idiots.
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What purge file are you talking about
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I cant connect either. i was fine until today, then nothing, it does not even load up any more no matter where i try to load it from. i have deleted and installed again and nothing.

How do i check if my isp is stopping it as i had some problems with it today and had to create another connection as th e1st had dissapered.

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