Hello all,

I have only been using Limewire since 2 weeks now but must say that it is probably the BEST i know! I am really satisfied!

Now I have a little problem:

I downloaded and installed it at my place without any further worries, the stuff downloads a a very good speed too!
So, everything ok there!

Now, when i told my girlfriend about it she wanted to download it too. That is where the rpoblems started. As soon as she downloaded the installer file and wanted to launch it, the system tries to connect to download teh installfiles but doesn't go any further. The Pc doesn't crash but the whole Network and access to the internet drops and we have to restart as well the Pc as the router etc.

Then i tried to connect with my Laptop Pc at her place. I can launch Limewire, download stuff...but that's it! I can not surf on the net as soon as Limewire is launched, only the downloads still run and when they are finished i also again have to restart the whole router, Pc etc.

I also tried to launch the downloader in order to install a newer version of Limewire from her place but then i jave the same problem as my girlfriends Pc has...everything blocks and i have to restart all over again!

Can anyone help us with this issue? Would be real great!

Whilst i think about it...some months ago we installed Kazaa on her Pc and it JUST WOULDN'T open the "Search", so we weren't ever able to downlaod anything with that either.....but i have precisely the same configuration on my Pc as her...same Firewall, same Antivirus, same Spyware soft etc.

Thanks to all for feedback

Kindest regards

D.

I would recommend to do it this way:

1. Install Java using the "Offline" installer; links to Java here under point #1 Fixes for Limewire

2. Download & install the "Offline" windows installer. ie: don't instal over the net.

3. When opening, set uploads & downlds to 80-90% of capacity so it doesn't take over the whole bandwidth. Under speed setting, tick Disable Ultrapeer capabilities.

Did she configure her firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)

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Lord of the Rings,

Thanks for your help!

We got 1 step further. No we succeeded in installing Limewire on her Pc, but we have following problem now: When we connect Limewire, the internetconnection works. As long as we search for songs, the internetconnection works. As soon as we download a song, the internetconnection stops working.

If I say it stops working, Limewire still downloads the song for example, but if i open Internet Explorer or so i can not surf any sites anymore.

So i can not surf and have Limewire running simultaniously!

Does anyone know what i can do in order to get this fixed!

Kind regards

D.

Reduce downld speed then under Tools>Options>Downloads. Do the same for uploads. This will give much more bandwidth for browsing.
And please don't double-post in future. I see you have 2 identical threads going in different sections of the forum. Usually these get merged/deleted by the moderators.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

Thanks for your help! Now that you say it it seems so logical to me that i have to reduce the devoted percentage of download.....but i didn't know that Limewirs took all!

Great help my friend!

Also, do excuse me for double-posting! I don't ever use forums and thought i would get a quicker answer like this...cause i didn't imagine that I would get one at all!

Really cool

Thanks alot

Respect

David

Ps: Deleted the other post ;-)