Hey everyone! So I have downloaded LimeWire earlier today and I've had major connection problems. First it was trying to connect which it never did, then that little brick wall appeared where my firewall is. I tried everything to try and fix this. I decided to check out this forum and I applied most of the techniques suggested but failed. I've FINALLY figured out what the problem was, and now I am fully connected enjoying everything LW has to offer.

Here's what I did...it only took a couple minutes. I know it looks confusing but believe me, it's simple as pie. Just do it.

You may also print this out if you have to.

1.) First, go into LW and click on 'tools' located on the top toolbar. Select 'options'. On the left, you'll see the option called 'sharing', hit that and click the checkbox for "folder is fully shared including all subfolders."

Hit apply at the very bottom ALWAYS.

2.) Next, go to the 'speed' tab and select your speed: brodband or dial up. Hit apply at the very bottom.

3.) Go to the 'uploads' tab and make sure it's set at the middle (that long line that's towards the middle.) Hit apply at the bottom.

4.) Go to 'connections' and check-mark the "connect on start-up" box. Hit apply.

5.) Hit the 'BitTorrent' tab and check-mark the "start automatically" box. Hit apply.

6.) Hit the 'player' tab and make sure the "use limewire media player" box is checked. Hit apply.

7.) Go to 'status bar' and check-mark every box except the last one. Hit apply.

8.) Hit the 'iTunes' tab and type in a shared name, such as " your name's limewire tunes." The buffer size should be at 2048. Hit apply.

9.) Go to 'view' and check-mark the box for "show notifications". Hit apply.

10.) Then go to 'autocompletion' and hit the check-box. Hit apply.

11.) Hit the 'searching' tab and then the 'Quality' tab below it and check-mark the "show all qualities". Hit apply.

12.) Go to 'speed' and check-mark "show all speeds". Hit apply.

13.) Go to 'filters' and hit 'keywords' and check-mark the "Ignore .vbs files" and "Ignore .wmv/.asf files." Hit apply.

14.) Go to 'advanced preferencing' and have the scale on 'always' - have the box above checked at "1". Hit apply.

15.) Hit the 'firewall config' tab and check-mark the "use UPnp" which is recommended. Hit apply.

16.) Go to 'proxy' and select "no proxy". Hit apply.

17.) Hit 'file associations' and check-mark both ".torrent files" and "magnet:links" below that, check-mark the middle button. Hit apply AND Ok.

And that's all I did!

TIP: Keep all of the recommended options check-marked and ALWAYS make sure you click the apply button and when you're done click OK.

Now, I didn't have to restart my computer, it just connected automatically. Look at the bottom toolbar of LW and your connection chart should be dark green, put your mouse over it and it should say "your connection to the network is very strong". The brick on front of the firewall icon should be gone.

If for some reason you're not connected, restart your computer. If you have a norton firewall that is not letting LW in, then do this too:

Go into your Norton Security Center. Hit the tab 'Norton Internet Security' at the very top and hit the 'settings' tab. Then hit 'Norton internet security options'. Hit the "Personal firwall" tab on the left and then hit 'program control'. Go down the list and find Limewire, make sure it's set at "Allow". Mine was set at Custom before and it blocked me. Make sure you do this! Then always hit 'Apply' and 'OK'.

You're set!

If you've tried everything, this has got to work for you. I think most people forget to go into tools and set their options correctly.

Let me know how it works out, good luck and Happy Limewiring.