lime wire and aol problem
 

i have instaled lime wire and after about 10 mins i get a message stating i have lost conection or am behind a fire wall i have looked at my firewall (zone alarm) and all seems ok. when i try to turm my aol off my pc will not let it close and i have to turn the pc off manualy. i am on aol 9 runing windows xp pro with server pack 2. the firewall that runs with server pack 2 is off. i have tried everything i can think of but nothing works. if any one can help please let me no. thanks

help i have connection problems
 

i have aol 9 and every time i connect to lime wire after about 10 mins or so lime wire gives me an error report "there may be a fire wall or you do not have a internet conection" lime wire is enabled to have full access to the internet and the fire wall that came with server pack 2 on xp pro is off. i connect to the internet with a bt voyager 100 usb adsl modem via broadband. when i lose connection aol sticks for a bit b4 it shuts down and when i try to shut down the pc it gets to saving your settings and just stays there. i have to shut down the pc by the on off switch and i dont think this is good for my pc. if you can hellp please let me no by e-mail or reply to this post i will be most greatfull if you can hellp me. thanks in advance from ( badboy1967 )

Hi do you have any other net equipment such as router or is your usb modem simply direct. Where are you connecting from (home, school, work, etc.) ? It might be worth havng a look at this thread about AOL (click on link) Also do this test (click on me) & tell us whether it's true/false.

my connection problem
 

no router that i no of. i connect straght from the usb modem. my connection is from home. is it safe to use add/remove programs to remove aol connectivity services, aol spyware protection and aol toolbar? i cannot find port magic, aol couch or aol dialer. the test is true. sorry to be a pain but i am no expert with computers.

Sorry to be a pain but i am no expert with Windows. I don't know about your question (I use mac.) Another member may need to answer that one.

i have connection problems part 2
 

further to my last post "help im having connection problems" in "connection problems" forum.

when i right click the lime wire icon and click "run as..." i have a box with a tick in it and it states under it " this option can prevent computer virus from harming your computer or personal data, but selecting it might cause the program to function improperly" and when i click the ok tab i get a lime wire lancher error message stating "lime wire was unable to load" please download and install lime wire again.

could this be anything to do with my problem (please see previouse post as above)

if this will sort my problem will removing the tick from the box harm my computer?

thanks in advance to any one that can hellp me from (badboy1967)

me again
 

forgot to mention that if i double click the lime wire icon i conect ok for about 10 mins then the problems start.

thanks peerless
 

i have tride that link but still have problems. i tried the MSCONFIG thing but my computer gave me a pop up telling me to chang the setings back. thanks for the advice and trying to help me out.

Re: my connection problem
 

Do you connect via AOL or do you have another ISP??

Ivan
In the dark we make a brighter light

aol
 

straght from aol no other connection

To make aol inactive this is what I found, but I don't know if you want to disable it.
http://support.wadsnet.com/tech/DisableAOL.asp

http://*************.co.uk/Tigergonebonkers/Dialer.html

I suppose you can try to disable it & see if that makes a difference. See Point 37 about aol (interesting reading.)

will try it
 

thanks lord ill try that and let you no how i get on

memory/ram
 

is memory/ram important as i only have 256 rim,rdram,/rambus;T16. well this is what a performance test told me. i am no expert with computers but i think i need more and just want to no if this could be part of my problem. if this is part or the actual problem can sum one tell me the amount of memory/ram i should have. thanks to any one that can hellp me (badboy1967)

thanks peerless
 

all i no about the ram for my pc is i have to install it in pairs so i think i must find sum. thanks for the reply.

What is your set up? 1. Which Operating System version do you use? 2. What brand name & model number of modem do you use? 3. Where are yo connecting from: home, school, work, etc.? 4. What type of firewall do you use?

If you're a windows user update your Java: Java 1.4.x OR Java 1.5 (take the JRE)

help is appreciated
 

my set up!

1. aol 9 windows xp sp2 (is that what you mean)
2. BT Voyager 100 USB ADSL Modem (aol)
3. connecting from home
4. ZoneAlarm

i will try updating my java

dont no if this will help but i went to "BearShare" lite 4.6 and had the same problems, after trying out sum things i was told in the help section "a bit like this one" i found turning off "ZoneAlarm" and just using xp firewall "i had advice to configure this" to run with "BareShare" now been downloading for 3h 15mins with no problems so far.

i no im a trator gowing over to the other side but its working "i still want to use LimeWire as it is a good site" so if you can help please let me no.

thanks for the advice and hopfuly we will get "LimeWire" to work soon (badboy1967)

That's fine. Sometimes one p2p app is more suited to one person's setup than another due to different set ups. Your Voyager modem is by BinaTone. Some of their modems use NAT which limits incoming access thru most ports. At present I can't find anything on the Voyager 100 but I'll do some more searching.

Other people have had problems with your model of modem; see here: http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews6179.html & also HERE (hardware issue)

thanks lord
 

that sight looks interesting bit tired at the moment will have a good look at it tomorow.

i will try sorting LimeWire again soon any more thoughts just let me no

thanks (badboy1967)