hey, ok, i installed limewire, however when i go to run it i get the Limewire 4.9 picture poping up and then a "message" saying

"limewire was unabel to initialize and start. this is usualy due to a firewall program blocking LimeWires access to the internet of loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow Limewire to acces the internet and restart Lime wire."

i know its not the windowsXP firewall, i checked that, so is it the "loopback connections?"(i dont know what that is)

thanks

It may not be your xp firewall but it might be your modem/router or something else.

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
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 provider (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. 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?

Hey Man, *** I got it to work****
I was having the same problem running the "Beta version", "can not connect" firewall detected. My solution was to uninstall and load the Limewire 4.9.37 version and it connected. ((I think it may be related the the java version, I loaded it before the reinstall )) I had my XP firewall off , Sygate firewall off checked my modem and the UPnp thing was enabled but it still would not work.

Below, gave me a good result but I still could not connect until I did the above:

11. 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?

ok, for number 11, the test works....

1 XP
2 Norton, microsoft
3 512
4 99.2 GB
5 cable
6 not shure it says "WebSTAR" on the front...?
7 home
8 java 2?
9 WOW
10 nope

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.

Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86

Free/total memory: 2855432/4128768



java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\.limewire

at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:824)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:91)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:41)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)

Caused by: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\.limewire

at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.setUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:757)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:822)

... 7 more



STARTUP ERROR!









FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare

LAST MODIFIED: 1134687894296

SIZE: 0



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938853343

SIZE: 307949



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938853718

SIZE: 459988



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938854156

SIZE: 59154



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264896125

SIZE: 18349



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938854312

SIZE: 311611



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264896312

SIZE: 358



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264895968

SIZE: 0



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264894312

SIZE: 12279



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes

LAST MODIFIED: 1130265069765

SIZE: 298



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938854781

SIZE: 25678



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938855000

SIZE: 741440



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938855406

SIZE: 94430



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938860937

SIZE: 1963



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938855562

SIZE: 136693



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938855765

SIZE: 255016



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938856031

SIZE: 69306



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938844125

SIZE: 4



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938860921

SIZE: 1538



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264895906

SIZE: 81920



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264895968

SIZE: 13806



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938846078

SIZE: 6116447



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264895500

SIZE: 40960



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\logicrypto.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938856187

SIZE: 227510



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938856515

SIZE: 630634



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264884734

SIZE: 118783



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938851984

SIZE: 3097908



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938857218

SIZE: 40064



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264896000

SIZE: 3262



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938853234

SIZE: 5964



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938843906

SIZE: 0



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264896218

SIZE: 268



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264898734

SIZE: 49



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938857328

SIZE: 433585



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938857703

SIZE: 152711



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\uninstall.exe

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938861093

SIZE: 106680



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\unpack.log

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938860546

SIZE: 7802



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264893828

SIZE: 2766



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938857890

SIZE: 27215



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264895578

SIZE: 12808



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938858156

SIZE: 2147687



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1134938860125

SIZE: 207655



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war

LAST MODIFIED: 1130264894234

SIZE: 8423

Do steps # 1 & 2 only here: Fixes for Limewire Unless you have a graphics card issue, I'd suggest updating to Java 1.5 but use the "Offline" installer.

If still problems, get the "Offline" LW installer & reinstall. Also delete your LW prefs folder again just before doing that. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

I just checked them all, they work fine. Even LW's downld site. Check your browser. Perhaps clear the cache. Either that or try a different browser. BTW with the Java install, you need to click the I accept conditions box before you can downld!

*** Sorry I accidentally deleted your post instead of mine. You said all the links are broken & when you press downld you get page cannot be displayed.

ok how do i clear my "cache"

i went though help and it sugested disk clean up... which i did...

but it sill didnt work

oooh found the java control panal,

i do have 1.4.2_03

i also cleared my cache

I think there's even later Java 1.4.2 versions. But try 1.5

So have you been able to get to the sites to downld? Are you using Internet Explorer? I had a similar problem until I changed over to Firefox which solved those issues. You might want to consider the same change. Explorer seems to have a lot of issues at a lot of sites & is not that stable. It's fine for M$ site downlds/updates. http://www.mozilla.org/download.html