1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
Windows Vista
2. What firewalls you have?
MacAfee
3. How much ram?
512 mb
4. Hard Disk space available?
80 gb.
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
DSL
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
Westell 6100
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?
Home(house)
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
Most recent Version
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
Verizon
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?
Your test worked!
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
NO
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?New problem

A lot of people have uninstalled McAfee (or parts of) because of this problem.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=66843

But this poster found a solution & is now able to run LW with McAfee
A fix for Visat/Limewire

Don't forget to use the forum search to look through old threads...most questions have been answered before

So I have to go to one of those chat things? Am I going to need to pay money? Hmmmm.....if extra info would help:

Limewire starts up correctly and everything works fine but it remains indefinitely at one red bar.

The error message it displays is this:Your machine does not appear to have an active internet connection or is behind a firewall. Limewire will continue to try to connect you to the network until you click disconnect in the file menu.

I find this impossible though as my internet IS working, and Limewire is listed in my program permissions as FULL ACCESS.

Alright I even ran through to make sure my firewall is set up right it is...

what affect will removing my firewall and all the stuff that Nielsee said he removed have? Will I still be protected? How do I remove just the firewall and what not?

I removed the firewall and it worked for about 30 minutes and then the connection went dead and it went back to displying the same error message that it was displaying before.

Mcafee made a patch to make it work for Vista.

Sorry about all of the repeated posting but I have ruled out the possibility of the problem being my firewall because I uninstalled my MacAfee firewall and then turned off the windows firewall as well but the message still apeared. So I've decided that god just doesn't want me to use Limewire anymore...I went through all the links that everyone suggested and it still isn't working>>>

SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!!

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=69077