No - Vista's firewall is definately OFF. I called my Cable/modem company and they do not have a firewall attached to the modem and they allow pnp, they do not block any ports other than 25.
I will try the link you sent from Blackbear and see if that helps. I appreciate your time and effort on this. this is what LM had me do, no success:
Please do the following in order to perform a clean reinstallation of
LimeWire PRO:

1 - Completely shut down LimeWire, including in the taskbar and system tray
(the system tray is located in the bottom-right corner of the screen,
usually next to the time; you may need to expand it by clicking the left
arrow button).

2 - Uninstall all previous installations of LimeWire and Java Runtime
Environment from Add/Remove programs (go to: Start > Control Panel >
Uninstall a program).

3 - Delete all LimeWire icons and installers from your computer (you may
find some on your desktop).

4 - Right-click the Start menu, then select Explore. Using the folder tree
on the left side, navigate to the following directories, and delete them
where found (you can right-click the folder and select Delete):
C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\LimeWire (where username is the name you
use to log on to Windows)
C:\Users\(username)\Incomplete (this will delete any partial downloads that
were in progress)
C:\Program Files\LimeWire
NOTE: If you can't find these folders, go to Organize > Folder and Search
Options > View, then select Show Hidden Files.

5 - Restart your computer.

6 - Visit:

http://www.limewire.com/javabuttond

to re-download and install the JRE (Manual Download > Offline Installation).

7 - Go back to the PRO download page, using the download link that was
emailed to you on the date of your purchase, and download the Windows
installer. Click *Run*. If you have problems when selecting *Run*, save
the LimeWire PRO installer to your hard drive, and then run the installer
from its saved location.

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I did all the above.....still no luck. Have a great Monday.
Snookie1231