by the way it says its downloading jre

sounds right. You need the jre to use java applications like FrostWire and LimeWire

Hello,
I am having a horrible time connecting to any p2p hosts. I have limewire,frostwire, kazaa,bearshare, and afew other smaller ones. I have thoroughly read the previous 600 posts about this issue but I still have no joy. I have even gone as far as changing my dns and setting up a static ip address but all it did was make my explorer slower. I am running win xp pro sp2 i have plenty of space and memory and power on my pc and I have completely turned off all of my firewalls, antivirus and spyware . I am connecting to the web with windstream broadband and it is plenty fast( faster than the road runner we had) andstill nothing. please help before I get the gun. I am married with 3 kids and I cant take much more frustration. thx stiddy

Hi stiddy,

Start off by checking that you don't have a Windstream firewall that's causing problems...check out the thread below (same deal for FW, even though the person was a LW user)
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...t-connect.html

If that's not your problem, please give us your details. Sorry for any repeat questions & all the questions apply for FW, even though they're referring to LilmeWire!
System details - help us to help you (click here)

Hey all I think I figured it out with help from the windstream tech.
I am using OS xp sp 2 and connecting with a windstream\siemans 4200 modem. Go to the address bar and type in 192.168.254.254 and enter
this takes you to another page to the left of the screen click on settings, firewall, level. it probably says medium for the level. below it click the arrow and set it to off then click apply and X out of the screen thats it and I now have all bars lit on the limewire screen amd downloaded some stuff to check it and it works great. this may be a reason that folks are getting poor service through them as far as the download & upload speeds. please let me know if this works.
Stiddy

Hi Stiddy,

You've posted onto a Vista thread & this person has solved their problem. Let's move this back onto your original thread.

Sorry I am new here and I couldnt find the thread I was on before. Please if you are able, could you redirect the post to the proper place so it may be of use to someone else? Thanks Stiddy