I am a new user to Limewire. I downloaded and cannot open Limewire. A pop-up says that it might be a firewall. I have done all that I can with my firewall support and tried all the other suggestions in this forum. I can get Limewire to work when I turn off the firewall, but I obviously don't want to run it that way. When I tried to change the exclusions under "internet worm protection" as was suggested in one post the buttons were grayed out so I could not choose to modify exclusions. Separately, I did "permit all" for Limewire under programs, still with no luck.



1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows XP
2. What firewalls you have?Norton Firewall 2004 with yearly renewal/update purchased
3. How much ram?256
4. Hard Disk space available?not sure
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)DSL
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?House
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.4.12.11
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?Frontier
10. 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?Test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.One laptop wireless connection
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.First try
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?never get that far

Have you tried reconfiguring the Norton firewall?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showpo...10&postcount=6

Also, make sure that the XP firewall is off, that will conflict with Norton.

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I tried that and no luck. I've tied so many of the suggestions in various other posts and still no luck.

I've got the same problem with Windows firewall. I've added every single possible limewire program to the list of exceptions, and it still won't run. I turned off windows firewall for a sec and it works, so windows firewall is definitely the problem. What could be blocking limewire from acessing the internet?

Go through the steps for configuring XP firewall below...just to make sure you haven't missed anything.
Firewall setup

Maybe remove all the LW exceptions & start from scratch again...see if that makes a difference.
Is the Windows firewall the only one you're using?

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Windows firewall has always been off and the Norton firewall is set to permit all for limewire. Limewire connects only when I turn off Norton firewall.

I don't use Norton, so I don't know of any little tricks.
Have you tried uninstalling & then reinstalling the Norton firewall? Give that a try & if things are still not good, I'll see if I can find some Norton users for you

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I give up this lime wire worked three weeks ago and now it stats its blocked by firewall yet its listed as a ok site tried everything I know any one esle have ideas that I can understand? need help thanks

Pkot.
Just Delete all permisions for Limewire in Norton re start Computer & start L/W
Limewire will apply afresh, then set full permisions again,sometimes spam n crap create bugs it sometimes just needs a refresh.
Birdy Did mention this, but you never said you tryed it.
Peace.

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mickjapa108

sorry so fed up with this all latley don't have norton just xp seems maybe the problem is with verizon dsl I have three computers all have the same problem and all worked within the last thre months then boom unless xp changed something in a fix patch i didn't know about, i'm not that computer smart so I always watch what i change and such as to not dump them

rexdinosdad,

Give us some details please, otherwise we can't help you.
System details - help us to help you

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1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) wind xp
2. What firewalls you have? windows
3. How much ram? 244
4. Hard Disk space available? 40 gig
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) dsl
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?westel versa link 327w
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. lime wire pro just purchased it last week java was the latest not sure uploaded when we add to our computer
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? verizon
10. 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? can not display page
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.no
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.not first was on last month for last year been busy not needing music then when I tried to get on this happened
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes even went to the options and made sure it was listed as a site to let in

Update your Java to 1.6. Use the JRE offline installer & remove any ohter Java versions on your computer before you install the new one.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

In LW go tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Change LW's listening port number to 64049 (or something in the range of 49152 - 65535). Apply > ok. See if that changes anything.

Enable UPnP within your router. Then use the UPnP option on that same LW page where you changed listening ports. Apply > ok.

If that doesn't change anything, try port forwarding for your Westell. Here are the instructions.
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...W/Limewire.htm

Remember that LW's listening port, port within the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within a router must all be the same number.

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@ rexdinosdad,

I also have a Westell Versalink 327W and Verizon. I have mine portforwarded and it works great. Follow the link in birdy's post. I tried using UPnP but couldn't get it to work.

Be sure to set up a static ip before you portforward LW or it won't work. http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm

If you run into trouble, post back and maybe I can help.

Edit: Recheck your firewall settings. I was able to use LW after I had allowed access for it through my firewall without portforwarding. I only portforwarded so others could upload from me.

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

Ok, now someone else's problem is getting fixed through my thread. I'm still at a loss as to what to do. I have tried reconfiguring Norton Firewall, deleted all permissions for LW in the firewall, restarted and I still get the same message. When I try to restart LW I don't get a message asking if I want to allow or permit LW to connect, I only get the message that says LW couldn't initialize and start and this is usually due to a firewall issue or loopback problems.