hi there: i'm been reading some threads on here and i've tried most of the troubleshooting and still the problem persist. anyway, the problem is my limewire just stop working suddenly. i have deinstall and reinstall, it and same thing happen. i remove old java runtime environment and install newest one, nothing. my firewalls are all fine and is set to allow limewire connection. i upgraded the adobe flash to 9.0. i have no clue what to do, b/c i tried everything in the forums and nothing could help me. Any thoughts on this...anyone? i have windows xp and tried downloading the lastest limewire 4.12...and no luck.

So you tried deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.) Remember earlier versions of LW had their preferences in a different location. Also try step 5 in the link.

yes, i followed all your points/steps.

hey guys!!!!

so i figured out why it didn't work! i have mcafee anitivirus security center install (not b/c i want to b/c it came with the computer), it has virus scan and firewall etc. well, i just removed the whole program and reinstall it. now, limewire works again! so if it ever suddenly just stop working, maybe you can reintall your anti-virus software and it will cure the problem!!!!

Even though you uninstalled and reinstalled the application, roughly in 60 - 90days time it will do the same thing, that is the bad thing about AV and Firewall applications which come with a recently purchased computer, I would suggest either ringing McAfee or Symantec sales team and purchase a full working version they normally latest 1 - 2 years with subscriptions, another is buying the full version either retail or via the official McAfee or Symantec website. Before doing any of these shop around and confirm all prices for the software, including subscription prices via ringing the company, please note subscription fees could go up or down, and some versions could become unsupported.