I Fixed IT!!!! I've gotten LW running. I will post here in the hope that it will help others. I started the management console/ services, restarted {set to automatic} 3 services that had been disabled. Uninstalled LW via uninstall program. searched and erased everything named "LimeWire" as per mickjapa108's instruction in another thread. Finally reloaded LW via off line installer, also mickjapa108's instructions. LW started up on first try. Please note, this installer spent a noticable amount of time "removing old versions of Limewire" during install. So, Thanks for the help, and maybe this will help some one else, too.