When ever limewire loads on my mac os 9.x and I go to search, the results wont show up. The number of results there are will show up next to the tab with the name of what I searched for. But thats it. It wont show below that where you click on it to download it. SO I cant download anything! Please help someone! I have tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it... what am I missing?

Sounds like a memory problem, if a fresh Limewire is finding results but unable to display them. Have you tried increasing the memory allocated to Limewire? I recall 60MB being recommended. Also, some versions of FaxSTF caused display problems on Mac OS9. Search for posts by Kathy W for better info.

I boosted the memory for limewire. Still it doesnt list the results. And I couldnt find anything about the faxSTF on my computer. Is it something I need or what?

No, you don't need it for running Limewire (The FAQ on the Limewire page says more about FaxSTF). It's fax software that is sometimes bundled on the Mac.

Sorry I couldn't help more. Darn! No easy solution! You've already tried uninstalling Limewire and reinstalling from a freshly downloaded copy that you were sure was right for your set-up, right? And now you know it's not the more usual memory allocation or a software conflict with FaxSTF.

What next? Something with your system set-up or computer, I guess. Easiest way to see this if you can use a similar set-up on a friend's computer. If this isn't an option, in Limewire itself, I'd try a new search, then once the numbers changed, try resizing the results window by dragging the separator and or clicking on the zoom box to force the window to redraw. No change? I'd try a restart; then try Limewire running all alone. If that didn't work, I'd look for an extension conflict by using the control panel Extensions Manager to turn off as many unnecessary extensions as I could. This will take a while to test

Limewire, like other programs, needs Java to run and search, so that doesn't seem to be the problem, but reinstalling Java would eliminate it as the culprit (here's the link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75097).

If you've tried all this, I hope someone else can help you. Do post back with results to help others.