Lol, I'm in NC too by the way. Greenville. But back on subject, I had trouble with this too, but with me it was because my Norton Internet security's firewall was blocking Limewire from being able to connect. I even had limewire on the list of things it was supposed to connect to. I eventually just had to turn off the firewall and keep it off. Turn off your firewall and see if that helps. Oh, and make sure you have an internet connection.