Have Vista - Can't open Limewire!

[BarbyS]

I kind of remember with my last computer - operating system-Windows XP - that I had to disable my firewall to use Limewire. That doesn't make sense. Seems dangerous to me. I don't remember who told me to do that, maybe it's the right thing, I don't know. I just got a new computer that, of course, has Vista on it. I just downloaded Limewire. Of course, it worked fine when it asked if I wanted to run it the first time. But now I cannot open it. I haven't tried to disable firewall yet to open it because I use it for such a long period each time - it just seems too risky! Is there another thing I can do to get it to open?

I could really use some help.

If someone has already answered this question, I can't tell, because of the operating system. It's so new and different I'm not able to navigate around in it at all yet (maybe never)!

Thank you!

B.