ok... i tried installing firefox, that went fine, however i try to go to the homepage and i get this..

"Unable to connect













Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.mozilla.org.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected bya firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web."

and i cant get anywhere else with firefox.

also in internet explore i still get the page not found error when i go to download it.

also relateing to the firefox theres an error under the javascript console

" Components.utils.reportError("Warning: unrecognized command line flag " + curarg + "\n");"

Sounds like a buggy installation. I've sent a pm to a few other members to try to work out why you have browser issues. I presume Firefox is compatible with earlier versions of Java 1.4.2

ok, thanks for the help so far

hummm, you know, when there is problem with web surfing and P2P, there is a problem with your firewall app or config. I suppose you have Windows firewall on. I'm sure you have another one as well which might be the cause of your problems. Try disabling that application which might be an antivirus app. Then try firefox and LW.

If neither works, (and even if it works...) I recommend you to reinstall (backup then reformat your disk) windows.

When anormal things like that happen --- time for a reformat-- and be warry of what you install as programs to not fuXXor your system again.

Ciao

is there a way to turn off norton anti virus?

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT.../1997121131456

Is that the only Antivirus/Antispyware/Firewall proggy you have beside WinXP?

check your version of java
 

You said above:
ok when i try and go though the "run as..." comand i get this error

LimeWire version 4.9.37

Java version 1.4.2_03 from Sun Microsystems Inc.

Rupert2020 said:
Are you sure you are running the latest version of Java? Version 1.4.2 you mentioned above is an old version.... You should have the new version 5 (update 6) jre-1_5_0_06.exe

This new version help solve the connection problem me.
-R

i beleive norton is the only anit virus protection i have, besides microsofts,

also, rupert, i tried downloading it, except i couldnt get to the site, i got a "page could not be found" or something close to it

smiget

Are you running XP 64bit I noticed your error report said Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86 which I believe is 64 bit opperating system.