ok guys, i went to control panel and once again in classic view there is no firewall icon! i did upgrade from limewire 4.12.6 to 4.16.6 and am still not connectying. it just says at the top of the limewire window "enabling open info shareing" and never changes. the connection bars in the lower left corner are all red and i still have the little world with the wall in front of it. i don't get this yet, sorry. am trying everything you say but nothin yet. is it that i'm still on windows xp home edition? please help me!

thanks