Is anybody out there

[Nielsee]

So i'm looking for help from anybody.... I just got a new dell with vista and mcafee security... installation goes fine for limewire.. but starting connection just stays.. and even after firewalls have been disabled i still get no connectivity and the little brick wall.. then i'm kicked off the internet... unless i uninstall limewire and restart am i ok.... Somebody recommened to uninstall mcafee.. i only unistalled the firewall and still didn't work.. so had to install and then uninstall limewire once again... I tested to see if i was doing something wrong on my friends computer.. who has all the same components but works off xp... sure enough.. she's doing great.. making cd's and adding to her itunes.. but not me... So i'm really getting frustrated.. and hoping that somebody somewhere.. can help me get this working....

Sincerely
very bummed out