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featheredhorse · #1 (**permalink**) December 1st, 2008

I'M VERY NEW TO THIS STUFF SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BARE (LOL) WITH ME,,,I'M ALSO ANCIENT! OKAY FIRST THE SYSTEM INFO
XP SP3 2002, COMPAQ INTELL (R) PENTIUM (R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz 2.39GHz, 504MB OF RAM 270MB FREE SPACE
YES ON THE FIRE WALL I DON'T KNOW IT IT'S MINE OR THE ISP'S
CONNECTION TYPE IS DSL I CONNECT FROM HOME
LIMEWIRE VERSION IS 4.18
MY ISP IS LOCAL PHONE CO
WHEN I TYPED IN THE URL ADDRESS IT TOOK ME TO A SEARCH PAGE WHERE THE FIRST SITE LISTED WAS 'YOUR TEST WORKED'
NO I DON'T SHARE WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE
YES THIS IS NOT ONLY MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH LIMEWIRE BUT MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH ANY OF THE MUSIC DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS
YES THERE IS A BRICK WALL INDICATING I HAVE A FIREWALL I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S MINE, THE ISP'S OR THE SECURITY PEOPLE'S
I LIVE IN THE GOOD OLE USA IT'S STILL THE BEST THING GOING
I DID ADD A WIRELESS KEYBOARD AND MOUSE RECENTLY BUT THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGES I CAN REMEMBER...'COURSE THERE'S OLDTIMERS TO CONSIDER.
I CONTRACTED THRU MY PHONE COMPANY (MY ISP) FOR A SECURITY COMPANY THAT PROVIDES ME WITH EVERYTHING SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT STUFF...OLDTIMER'S AGAIN! THE COMPAY'S NAME IS SECUR IT.
NOW THAT IS OUT OF THE WAY WILL I HAVE TO DO THAT E VERY TIME I HAVE A QUESTION? I SURE HOPE NOT!
MY PROBLE IS WITH THE MEDIA PLAYER...I FOLLOWED ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS, SHOWS ALL THE SIGNS OF BEING THERE, I DOWNLOADED A FEW SONGS AND THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE OK, BUT I COULDN'T GET THEM TO PLAY. NOW I'M PRETTY FRUSTRATED...HAVING SPENT 4 HRS TRYING TO GET IT TO WORK, READING AND RE-READING INSTRUCTIONS, FINALY CKNG THE HELP THING AGAING (50thx) DECIDED I'D SEE IF I WAS JUST STUPID OR IF MAYBE SOMEINE ELSE HAD TROUBLE. HUH...FOUND OUT I AM JUST STUPID...OR ELSE I COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT PLACE TO LOOK..WHICH STILL PUTS ME IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS CATAGORY. I SURE HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME WITHOUT MAKING IT TO CORNFUSING!!!

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