Birdy, I have now tried all of this. The error message I STILL get when trying to open this new version is "LW was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due to a Firewall Program Blocking LW access to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow LW access to the internet and restart LW."
I have also turned off the Windows XP Firewall and set Limewire for "Permit All" in my Norton Firewall.
This is quite frusterating because we'd never had a problem with the old version (that we originally paid for) and I haven't been able to open the program since I finally opted to upgrade after the many requests.
Any other ideas?
Thanks, -Mason-