I have been through these forums tryinfig to find a fix for limewire but I still keep getting "LimeWire was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due a firewall program blocking LimeWire's access to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow LimeWire access to the internet and restart LimeWire.". I have done the enabling of Gnutella ports on the control panel. And I have disabled Windows firewall, I have Norton internetworm protection on and I checked to make sure that javaw was on the "Permit All" list and it was. I have no Idea of what other direction to work in. Everytime I try to load LimeWire a prompt comes up from Norton Internet Worm Protection stating the it has detected a remote system trying to access my computer. It asks me if I want to permit it to allow access to the internet even though I click ok to permit I still get the same messege.

I have:
LIMEWIRE BASIC v 4.9.30
Microsoft Windows XP Home 2002sp2 (came with the system hate it)
Intel P4 1.8ghz
256RAM
Motorola Cable modem Comcast Broadband
Norton Anti Virus w/ InternetWorm Protection
I have disabled Windows Firewall
I share no connections
My test did work
I can't do the true false test LimeWire won't open
I also have good speed on my tests
I have also deleted my preferences.

Thanks,
~j
halo___@msn.com

I've been working at fixing Limewire all day. My problem seems a little different than some others. I was downloading just fine. I had downloaded at least 6 music files. I can open the program just fine and even execute searches. The problem is when I click download (with 100+ sources) it never downloads...just sits down in the download area "connecting" never getting past 0% then finally times out saying "need more sources".

i answered these questions...

My Norton Fire wall is set up to allow LW full acess. My XP firewall is disabled. I even had both disabled for a short time but nothing changed

I did the test and got the message " Your Test Worked"

Downloaded event patch 4226

Speed test - download: 37kbps / upload: 114kbps

I deleted the preferences file too...no help.

The Bug Report (Received Incoming this session) says TRUE.

Please give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? win xp 2002 w/sp2
2. What firewalls you have? Windows (disabled) Norton (made sure it allows limewire)
3. How much ram? - 2.69 GHz, 504 MB of RAM
4. Hard Disk space available? 13GB
5. Connection type? Dial up
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Lucent Win Modem, 3/31/2003, vers: 8.28.0.0
7. Where are you trying to connect from? home
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? Limewire:4.12.6, Java: 1.5.0_06
9. Who is your isp provider? highland communications, small, local telephone provider in KY/TN...part of the larger InfoAve.net

Sounds like yours isn't a connection problem, rather a fake file problem
There are fakes throughout the network now which will be stuck connecting for ages & go straight to 'need more sources'...these things won't ever download!!
Search again, vary your search terms (for music files, look for artist or album rather than song title). Also try the All Types search. Stay away from files with a huge number of sources. Go for a file with 10 sources or less & those with a modem source. If you're searching for new releases/really popular files, you're more likely to see fakes than if you're looking for older or rarer stuff.

Look through these couple of threads for more info
Info about fake files
How to find music

The same thing can happen when downloading video files. Always look up a file with Bitzi before download. A file with heaps of sources but no Bitzi rating is often a fake
How to use Bitzi

:wink:

I've been using limewire for seriously years now... worked perfectly too!
I stopped using it for a couple months, and now it wont work at all!
I get the error message " Limewire was unable to initialize..."
I deleted it and downloaded another, shutoff all my shields and stuff including Norton, windows firewall, and spysweeper. and nothings helped!
I am online wirelessly and its never been problem till now!
Help!