Hiya...
To resolve my problem when connecting to Gnutella network, message shown 'Limewire is currently connecting to network.....' unable to connect to peers ... what I did was ....
Uninstalled Java Version 6 update 2
Uninstalled Limewire
Re-installed Limewire
Check.... Help>about Limewire> to see what you are running .......
My XP SP2 system shows Limewire 4.14.0 Java 1.5.0_09 and Limewire again works sweeeeeeet just like chocolate...