I am not an expert but in sheer frustration and...after following all the tips and suggestions on how to resolve the connection problems, I spat the dummy and deleted the whole limewire file found in my (user name, app data, roamng, limewire ,)file, Yep the whole file. I then restarted limewire and did a search and off she went. I almost jumped off my seat with exitement. Never realised how much I love limewire. I hope this helps some others out there.Cheers guys