Quote:
Originally Posted by Bananaa  ... 5. Broadband (wireless. . . if that makes a difference)
6. Brand name of modem: D-Link number thingy: DSL-2740B
7. Trying to connect form my house
... 9. I'm pretty sure the answer to that is Bigpond or windows internet explorer
10. Simple test failed  It says "Oops! Internet Explorer could not connect. . ."
11. The internet connection? cos I'm sharing that with our home computer (this is my laptop), but the limewire connection is just me.
12. This is my first try at downloading Limewire, but I've tried to download it about five times, as well as the offline version.
13. I can't actually open it, " NSIS Error. . ."
.. 15. McAfee virus proptection or something. . . but i've disabled the firewall for limewire. |
I had almost finished answering your first post & I crashed then forgot to get back after becoming busy.
Seems like something is blocking you. Possibly ports for allowing LW to connect are blocked. Else it's your security settings. The fact you cannot access various links on the forum suggests security settings problem.
McAfee may have a firewall also but you suggest you disabled the firewall.
Setting up an exception for LimeWire in your software firewall (click in link), however if LW is not yet installed this might be difficult to add.
Offline installer is always the best to use. Another alternative is the
Other Systems version
Get LimeWire for Your Platform - Lime Wire & check
Download ‘Other’ version & simply unzip & use!
There is a chance you may need to port forward the D-Link device for your Laptop. If this option is used, must set up static ip address first.
1.
Static ip for Windows 7
2.
Port Forwarding Limewire on the Dlink DSL-2740B but for LW's settings, instead use those shown here for LW 5:
Manual port forward instructions & sample image