I have uninstalled my macafee firewall and disabled my windows firewall and then tried but that worked for like 15 minutes...wait maybe my windows firewall reenabled automatically by the timer! I'll update my prob later.

Verizon

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Yes verizon thanks for the comment!

Anyways I was wondering what a remote firewall was because when it jacks my internet it also shows a diagnosis if I choose to so I did. When I ran it it said that a remote firewall may be blocking connections and that I should call my ISP about it.

Should I call them and ask about remote firewall or just ask them if they suddenly blocked gnutella connections or if not let me know what...

BTW the firewall was off and Limewire still didn't connect.

Larsenator. Hi.
You need to ask direct Questions, Are you filtering,shaping,or blocking any ports using P2P networks.?
Ask!! What is your policy on P2P ?
Insist, that they give there reply in writing. That makes them come clean.
If they confirm what I believe, Then vote with your MAC code and get an ISP
That Respects your right to choose what Software you run on your computer.

P.S.. Help keep open information sharing alive & free.
We are not sheep to be herded into lines & channeled to except whatever ulterior motive, price,or advert they wish to stuff on us.
I have a car, I use it on the world wide road,(Network) Now! I can choose to
Kill with it,or transport grandma to the shop,the choice is always mine.
LimeWire is legal software, & you should have the right to use it, or abuse it
Peace.

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How do I tell if I'm blocking ports or whatever and what did you mean about rights to software on my comp. and what not?

Do you mean I should call Verizon and ask them if they are blocking P2P Programs because they weren't before when I had my other computer. Limewire only gave me trouble when I switched to Vista on a newer fatser computer and I think that is more than a coincidence.

Its suspected, that Verison are blocking ports, not you!.
LimeWire is legal software, Its on your comp,(its my opinion) other company's should have no legal right to close it, or interfere with its running.
Ok.
Peace.

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Alright now I'm pissed. I downloaded Shareaza,Bearshare,Forstwire, and the only one that worked was bearshare but anything that's worth downloading is in the wrong format and can't be put on an ipod so I got rid of that too!

I've been trying to solve my problem everday for about a week now and I'm about ready to purchase itunes songs...

If it helps as I've been gaining info form the different P2P programs:

When I got Shareaza it mentioned my firewall and the port fowarding thing(Which I might add is a total pain in the ***), so I'm gonna go ahead and try the port foward crap. Now when I tried before and I didn't know what to put in the sign in someone mentioned calling Verizon or someone to reset my password and I have no idea what the number would be so if anyone knows what that number would be I would appreciate the help.

If this doesn't work then I give up...I can afford some bucks...but not all of this crap.

For Verizon dial 1-800-567-6789.

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

Thanx guys I appreciate the help. I'll be sure to let you know if it solves my problem or not. If it doesn't I'll need some suggestions as to what I should use.

Alright guys I called Verizon and the man began a screen sharing session between our computers in which he can see and control my screen...so cool.

Anyway he wanted to see the error message displayed by Limewire, and I told him it will probably disconnect our session but what the hell?

I opened Limewire and of course it robbed my internet and said communication session timed out! Mean while the asian man is on the other side going quote "What did you do to my computer!!!"

He was kidding of course but I did indeed freeze his computer...good stuff...

But after all of that he said everything was working fine, Verizon does not block P2P programs, and that my internet connection has nothing to do with my problem as it is perfectly fine.

He said that he couldn't help me anymore and that port fowarding and anything of the sort could not resolve the problem. That's great cuz port fowarding is a pain in the ***!!

Anyway he told me to call up Macafee and ask them some questions about my problem to see if the problem is the firewall(I just can't make up my mind can I?)

After all the message displayed by Limewire did say that if it wasn't my internet connection that it had to be a firewall and that leaves nothing but the Macafee firewall to blame...windows firewall is a good boy...or is it?

Hope this info helps...I'm going to call Macafee once I can find the blasted number!

Meanwhile does anyone have any sugestions...I already uninstalled my Macafee firewall and everything...