1. OS version? Vista
2. What firewalls you have? Zone Alarm
3. How much ram? 2 gig
4. Hard Disk space available? 250 gig
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? linksys WRT54G
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? Apartment
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? LW 4.14.10 Java 6.0.30.5
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? yeah i go the 'your test worked message'... but it doesn't! lol...
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? not that i know of
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new prob... fairly experienced user
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yeah it's detecting a firewall
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? UPnP enabled
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? ZoneAlarm
16. What country are you living in? USA

So... I formerly used a different comp w/ XP installed and ZoneAlarm running. No problems. When I got this new laptop with vista I had to do the trick where I run LW on the XP platform or whatever and it at least loaded up all the way then.

It seems to be a Vista thing... Like I said, I used LW with ZoneAlarm on my other compy (even using Comcast as my ISP) with no problems before. The only difference I know of this time around is that now I'm wireless through the router and using Vista. I tried using Ne0teric's fix to no avail.

Any idears? Thanks much...