Windows XP Service Pack 2 'Problems'

vonzip · #1 (**permalink**) February 25th, 2008

Thanks for your insight....but to make it even more simple....

For all those people who aren't getting a signal or can't connect try this and see if it works... (I have been working at this for hours and finally connected) Basically it's only step 2 from your instructions that we need to follow with one exception as I will explain below...

2. Per Limewire's own instructions ( User Cant Connect - LimeWire ) First start LimeWire | Tools | Options, go to the very bottom of the list to Advanced | Firewall Confi and see what number is in the "Listen on Port" box, copy this down and then go to Start | Control Panel | Security Center | Windows Firewall | Exceptions and "Add port..." Put the number you copied from Limewire in the port number box and name it whatever you want (example of name "Limewire port") in the other box and just leave the green dot on TCP.
That should be it.....start up limewire again the wall should be removed and the green bars should start filling up (it takes a sec for all the bars to go green).

Hope this helps!

Quote:

Originally Posted by zap

Chill out, all you anti-Microsoft fanatics (and get used to computing securely BTW), Limewire works with SP2.

2 steps:

1. The first time Limewire runs, the Windows Firewall should prompt to enable 2 programs: "javaw" and "<installation_path>\LimeWire.exe". Enable these 2 apps to pass the firewall when prompted.

2. Per Limewire's own instructions ( User Cant Connect - LimeWire ) go to Start | Control Panel | Windows Firewall and "Add port..." 6346 twice with the default scope, once for TCP and once for UDP (the names you give these rules aren't important).

Ta da, Limewire works. Amazing, Microsoft did not ruin free computing everywhere, it only enabled 90% of the computers on the planet to connect to the Internet more securely. This should make you happier on its own, even if you ARE running Linux. :-)

Cheers,

J

PS To be fair, before I put this together, I installed the "Event ID 4226" patch from www.LvlLord.de - Tipps, Tricks & Utilities - Tools --which did not help on its own, but I don't think its current installation is crucial to the solution. If the above steps do not work for you, try the utility as well. All I know is Limewire's connection quality is now "excellent" and files are uploading and downloading as before SP2.
PPS I've upgrade to Limewire 4.1.5 Beta.

tootalltoo · #2 (**permalink**) March 17th, 2008

Hi all
OS XP SP2
P4 3.0 Ghz
2Gb ram
I just installed a new copy of XP SP2 and after doing the windows updates, installed Limewire. Limewire will not even start, it reboots my computer.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled it a couple times and get the same result.

Trying to find info specific to this problem in other threads seems to lead to the Windows Firewall and checking open ports, however Limewire doesn't even show in the Exceptions list.

Any insight?

Thanks.

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