Ok, this is seriously THE WORST PROBLEM i have ever had with limewire and it seems to be almost common now, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THESE FORUMS I CANNOT SEEM TO CONNECT TO LIMEWIRE..it says i have a firewall running but i dont and stays at the connecting status for hours...if it finally gains up enough power to get connection, it almost immeadiatly loses it and goes back to the first green bar. I had previously been using limewire for close to 1 and a half years and had over 300 songs downloaded....the problem drove me so mad that i completely made a new Windows XP account and i lost all of my songs, and cannot re download them to save my life.....Thanks limewire!

how hard can it be to fix such a common problem?


1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
MS WINDOWS XP
2. What firewalls you have?
WINDOWS FIREWALL
3. How much ram?
512 MB
4. Hard Disk space available?
A LOT
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
BROADBAND
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
WIRELESS CONNECTION VIA SPEED NET
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.
NEWEST JAVA AND LW
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
SPEEDNET
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.
NO
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
A NEW AND VERY FRUSTRATING PROBLEM
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface
YES, AND NO FIREWALL IS ON