Brett, Let me see if I got this right. You actually uninstall LW every time you end a session?? You can SHUT Limewire down when your done and it won't use any resources. Now on to the firewall problem.
Please answer the questions in thread below so we can take a look at what might be causing the problem.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...-you-post.html.