Very helpful thread. Limewire working on VISTA 32-bit after installing JAVA 6 JRE.

I had limewire downloaded onto my vista and it was running & downloading music the last time I used it, now it isn't. any ideas? it says I have a firewall but I have allowed access to limewire.When it does this, I can't surf the internet, it just hangs there.I have to re start my computer to surf the net and leave limewire off.

Im ready to kill myself. Ive been trying to install limewire for the past 4 days and i still can't figure it out. I downloaded java, and it finalyl got past the sources bit and it hasn't disconnected my internet. but now it says (when i start LW up) and it says it has encountered a fatal error and is usually corrupted by installation. i looked under review and most of it is java. can someone please help me? I leave for england tomorrow and i need some more music for my ipod. thanks guys.

Try downloading Java JRE 6 using the offline installer....

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

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I need to know how to install limewire on my computer which has windows vista home premium. I seem to have nothing but windows problems when I install limewire. This is not limewire pro mind you.
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Install Java 6 first use the (Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u1) and use the offline installer

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

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I too have had heaps of problems installing Limewire over the last week. My OS is Vista Premium and I assumed that it was a conflict between Limewire and Vista. I have read many comments in many forums and tried numerous things.

I contacted McAfee and they advised me to uninstall the spam killer and privacy service, which I did, and then I downloaded limewire again (and it actually worked from the online installer!) limewire is now working fine.

can sumone help me with more detail on how to download limewire to vista....cause i tired with whts up to and went to differernt threads and i just need more details of wht to download from java site and how to do sum of this stuff..thanks

princess318,

The current version of LW works with Vista. The problem most people are having is is that LW won't work with Mcafee on Vista. So if you have McAfee installed on your pc, you'll need to uninstall it for LW to work. Replace it with AVG free Or try what LeeLee80 did:Then d/load and install Java 6, the one called (Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u1) using the offline installer http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Then d/load and install LW using the offline installer: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

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I'd love to do what LeeLee80 did, but when I open Add/Remove only McAfee security center shows up. So, then I try to see what's in Securtiy Center by opening up the program and it shows I have Personal Firewall, Virus Scan, and Security Center....go figure on what to do next...