Please God someone help me. I have been trying for ages following other peoples threads and I still cannot get Limewire to work. My broadband connection will be out soon so I need to figure this out quick. I spoke to my broadband providers and they said I should be able to use it and when I spoke to my technical support people I was treated like a leper... ...could some computer whizzkid hold my hand through the process of getting this to work? I cant connect and I have a Dell 6400 laptop...thanks in advance to anyone who helps!

Hi Michael Joyce,

Can you supply the details of your setup as outlined here: System details - help us to help you.

Just copy and paste the questions to this thread and fill in the answers.

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OK here it is thanks! By the way I have some version of a security centre from McAfee which is really hard to navigate, there fore it's hard to tell if the security is blocking it or something...thanks again!

1. OS version? Windows XP.
2. What firewalls you have? Windows Firewall
3. How much ram? 1024mb
4. Hard Disk space available? 84.78 GB
5. Connection type? Eircom Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Wireless connection
7. Where are you trying to connect from? [B******[/B]
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? Limewire 4.13.2 and Java 1.5.0_06.
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Eircom
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. It said that my test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. I really don't know
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. 1st try on this laptop.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes

Has ANYONE got any ideas that I could try.....? Thanks!

I hesitate to help because I don't own a laptop...I'm not familiar with them. But...

Let's check if your firewalls are configured, shall we?

1. Windows - open your control panel, go to windows firewall. This should be turned OFF (we don't want 2 firewalls running simultaneously, as they can interfere with each other).

2. McAfee Security Center - Right-click on the McAfee icon in the system tray (the big 'M' in the bottom right of your screen). There should be an option for Firewall...and there should be a further option for allowed applications or exceptions. Click on this. Now, you should locate Limewire in your list of programs and make sure it says 'Allow full access'. If not, change your settings so that Limewire is allowed full access.

Hope this helps you get started

Dano

I had similar probs try my links
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=65996