I've been using LW for several years and never had problems till now...I got LW to get lists for chosen criteria but when I go to download I get BUPKUS. Either says "connecting" or "need more sources". and remains 0% ...I'm already connected so thats not the problem. My bars say turbo charged... and I've done all the things stated earlier in this post and still nothing ... heck I even turned off my firewall completely and still NADA.... How is it possible to download using this LW

You might be seeing fake files, these will sit connecting for ages & then get stuck needing sources...they won't ever download. Always chack movies with Bitzi before download. Music doesn't get rated on Bitzi as much...search for artist or album name rather than song title. Use the All Types search. Stay away from popular files with huge numbers of sources.
Fake files showing up in search results

If absolutely everything you try to download gives you the connecting/need more sources message (do a test - search for an old song & try to download a file with 10 sources or less), delete your preferences folder when LW's properly closed.

See point 3 below (also point 2 if you've used much older versions of LW in the past).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through later & reset things to the way you like them.

thankyou !!! ur advice to someone else solved my problem.

just installed limewire, downloading is really fast but music will not play.tried using windows media player but music list is asking for a license on every listed song. even the rest of my files on wmp will not play, please help. thanks.

Get itunes it's heaps better...;)
To make itunes your default player...

Go to your shared folder (outside of Limewire) you will find this folder by clicking on one of your files in your LW library and clicking explore...

Right click on one of your MP3 files
Select open with
Select choose program
select itunes
and tick the box that says always use this program to open this file type
Select OK

Microsoft Digital Rights Management
Windows Media Player uses Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to preserve the rights of content owners who protect their music or video products in this manner. You must have a DRM license in order to play protected content.

If you acquire protected content from a music or video service, you may receive the associated license at the same time. If not, when Windows Media Player tries to use a protected file that does not have a current license, Windows Media Player will attempt to acquire the license for you. This can be done through your online store, or directly from a license server on the Internet.

License Acquisition
If there is an online store associated with the protected file, software installed on your computer by the online store may obtain the license before you play the content. If this software requests any data from you or collects any additional information automatically, this data will be subject to the online store's privacy practices.

If the online store did not supply a license, or if the protected content is not associated with any of your online stores, Windows Media Player will request a license directly from a license server on the Internet. The license server's Web address is specified in the protected file; most license servers are operated by companies other than Microsoft. When requesting a license, Windows Media Player will provide the license server standard computer information, an ID for the music or video file, the action you have requested (such as play or burn), information about the DRM components on your computer such as their revision and security levels, and a unique identifier for your computer. The unique identifier is used only to generate a license for your computer and, because it is enclosed in an encrypted license request, is not available to the license server in a way that uniquely identifies you or your computer.

By default, Windows Media Player will automatically attempt to acquire a license silently unless the license server requires some input from you (such as registration information or a fee). You can turn off automatic license acquisition. If you do so, you will be prompted to obtain a license for any new content that requires one. To prevent Windows Media Player from acquiring licenses automatically, do the following:

1.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
2.
On the Privacy tab, clear the Acquire licenses automatically for protected content check box.


Please note that this setting does not affect license acquisition from online stores.

Don't do it then, Its your choice. So whats your question.

:welcomeani: to the forums.

Perhaps Mick was confused because you posted in a thread titled 'license problem'...

Feel free to start your own thread (in the appropriate sub-forum) if you can't find a thread that you can add to.

Happy to hear that you're reading up! Many people post without reading anything, and it can get a little frustrating! :xeri_ok1ani:

Dan