idk. this new version of limewire has been nothing but problems for me. at first the sharing system hid everything for some stupid reason. and now its really annoying to download something...it starts, downloads at full speed (which is around 20-30 kb/s which sucks!) for about 2 seconds. THEN the download speed falls rapidly till it reaches 0 and stops downloading...what the heck is wrong with it?

Had the same problem, plus after all the downloads had dropped to zero my internet connection was still busy, and my hard drive was going nuts.

After a few program restarts & a reboot or two I let it run to see what would happen (after I made sure my spyware/antivirus was up to date). After about 3-5 min everything went back to normal. I've done a spyware & virus scan, with nothing found.

I also went through the options and turned off the ultrapeer stuff, cancelled all current downloads, cleaned out the "incomplete" folder, then tried some new searches and downloads.

Not sure which one did the trick, but after all of that it seems to be normal again. I'm keeping a close eye on it and watching for any suspicios stuff on the computer.

hope it helps,

keyLime Pie

I have a slightly different problem. After downloading for days I finally approached the completion of several downloads. Suddenly limewire went off (probably the ISP wasn't responding) and when I logged back in I suddenly had a list of downloads that I was using weeks ago.
I always download to a separate external harddrive and the downloads I want are in the incomplete file but how can I get them back into Limewire at the download level they were at before Limewire shut off?
This is probably a very basic problem but any help you can give a new boy will be greatly appreciated.

OK me some System Details Please.


1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) If using Windows Vista, please tell us whether you have an Administrator user account.
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
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?
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? _ click here to see Sample image
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland).

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