thanks for your reply sgt - sorry to hear about your computer troubles, i know what a pain that is... hope you get everything straightened out.

everything's pretty much the same since my last post. i still have ZoneAlarm uninstalled, so that's not an issue anymore, and i don't have windows firewall on either. when i turn my computer on it warns me that i have no active firewall; yet, when i start limewire it says it detects a firewall and won't connect.

i was thinking about calling my isp this week and asking if they are blocking limewire. other than that, i don't know what else to do...