Nope didn't work. It use to work but then it just suddenly stopped. It stops working on the "Getting menus" at the startup screen. It then exits it and comes up with this error:
If i click on review i get this window:
and the text in it is:
LimeWire version 4.8.1
Java version 1.4.2_08 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 1003728/5398528
FATAL ERROR!
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.awt.Dimension.<init>(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicProgressBarUI.getPrefe rredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicProgressBarUI.getMinim umSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getMinimumSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.BoxLayout.checkRequests(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.BoxLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.minimumSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getMinimumSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getMinimumSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.BoxLayout.checkRequests(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.BoxLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.minimumSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getMinimumSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getMinimumSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.BoxLayout.checkRequests(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.BoxLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GridBagLayout.GetLayoutInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GridBagLayout.getLayoutInfo(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GridBagLayout.ArrangeGrid(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GridBagLayout.arrangeGrid(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GridBagLayout.layoutContainer(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.layout(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.doLayout(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.validateTree(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.validateTree(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.validateTree(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.validateTree(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.validate(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.show(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.show(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator$1.run(GUIMe diator.java:321)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierar chy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarch y(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
-- listing session information --
Current thread: AWT-EventQueue-0
Active Threads: 13
-- listing threads --
Image Fetcher 3: 1
Thread-3: 1
IconLoader: 1
Image Fetcher 2: 1
Java2D Disposer: 1
TimerQueue: 1
Thread-7: 1
main: 1
AWT-Windows: 1
AWT-Shutdown: 1
AWT-EventQueue-0: 1
Image Fetcher 1: 1
Image Fetcher 0: 1
-- listing properties --
INSTALLED=true
FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true
UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true
COUNTRY=
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1113858204405
CONNECTION_SPEED=1000
CLIENT_ID=4077034320D5E89D19806CD1A2C9E200
Dunno if this helps anymore? But my firewall should allow it to access the internet. I've even turned my firewall off and tried it that way and i still get the same error.