Had it a day and it wont work, what a rip off!
 

A friend over the internet hinted me to buy Limewire Pro because its a lot better than the other file sharing software I had....

I was gladly to pay £10+ for a faster download/search software...

I installed it, it all was going smooth, I even added a new skin.... and also downloaded some files...but then the fun started...

My connection to AOL 9.0 Kept 'reseting', like it would disconnect for a second and then reconnect... and that made limewire do the same. This was frustrating, but after awhile it stopped.

Btw I have Mcafee Firewall and anti-virus.

Then when I came to start the software today it would show the hour glass for a second and then go, nothing happened....

It has been doing it since..

My question is, what was the point in buying broken software?

Why carnt I go on something I have just bought? I will really appreciate an explanation here and a very good one! :mad:

LW only asks to install Java 1.3 but LW needs better. Try either Java 1.4.2 (click on link)
OR else Java 1.5 (take the JRE)

You'll need to configure your firewalls here: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml & it might also be worth seeing this: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=23895

May I ask what type of modem/router you use (brand name & model no.'s)?

ok...this is strange... I click on the Java 1.4.2 link u gave me and my internet completely goes off and thankfully it reconnects....

I have already installed Java 1.5..

I also configure mcafee and also checked out the AOL topic (nothing worked there).

I've heard of other problems with AOL with users who posted outside of the link I gave you. Sounds like some type of a clash there. Do you need to go thru aol?

Try this: Delete your LW Preferences folder called .limewire & found here: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire

I have also done that too :(

Is there any chance of me getting my moneys worth?

Did you configure your firewalls to allow LW & Java access? If you have a high speed connection & you obviously do, many have internal firewalls which generally use NAT. This may be one part of your problem. That's why I asked about your connection devices earlier.

You could try either a beta version or ealier version instead to see if it makes any difference.
You will find a link to the beta version at the bottom of your personal LW download page. For older versions I'm not sure. But you can get one here: http://www9.limewire.com:82/download/
At least that'll help determine some things about the issue.

Once you buy softw, particularly online there is never any possibility for a refund or anything of that nature.

How do I get Java to allow access? I am using Mcafee, which file do I set for it?

My modem: BT Voyager 100 ADSL Modem

Have a look at the firewall link & at the very bottom of that page it'll link to your firewall. ALlow LW & either Gnutella or javaw.exe

Sorry I don't have experience with that so I can't be more specific. A of interest & B

There's port forwarding details for Port Forwarding for the BT Voyager 205 ADSL Route but not for the BT 100 so yours might not need it.

What else other than my firewall is blocking access to LW? I had a good connection yesturday but now the software wont even start!...

Nothing has worked yet :( and I already checked that link earlier.

Try right-clicking LW icon on the desktop & selecting use Win 2k version & also Run as ... showing the current user and then switch it over to Administrator.

I am not a wind person per se, so you can either wait a day or two or try my other suggestion for trying out an older version. There are occasions when one particular version doesn't run that well on one person's setup compared to an earlier or later version. My apologies.

I need a password for the administration :confused: I am the admin... I tried my password but that only involved an error message saying wrong password...

I paid for this version, and to say i have to use a slower and older version is outrages!

Thnx for the help anyway.

There's not really much diff b/w version 4.2.5 & 4.2.6 or even 4.2 & ...

But hey, this is just a forum. We are not LW. And we do this for free. The idea of 'trying out' an older version in one way is to help to isolate the problem.

See LW version history here: http://www.limewire.com/english/cont..._history.shtml

I uninstalled Limewire and Java and then went to the Java website and manually downloaded there latest version and then installed Limewire again and then install Java's latest and now I am back to working again...but for how long??? hhehe

Thnx for the help u gave :)

*UPDATE*

When I'm on Limewire for more than 10 minutes my connection goes bad and then I cannot access websites and then limewire disconnects and then i have to restart my PC manually....

This is a problem..

can someone help me here?

Sounds like you're using up too much upld bandwidth & you may also be resuming too many files.

Go to Tools>Options>Speed & tick Disable Ultrapeer capabilities & then press the Apply button.
Then go to Tools>Options>Uplds>Basic & educe the upld bandwidth to at least 80% of maximum & again press the Apply button.

May I suggest you don't use the Resume/Find Sources buttons on too many files. This will result in files queueing for much, much longer. And may also affect LW's connection quality & also make LW slow to use (use too many system resources.) These files are recognised by having statuses of Waiting #s for Sources, ends up as Awaiting Sources.

Best is to wait for LW to settle down before doing anything. Depending on how many incomplete files & shared files you have, wait b/w 10-30 mins. Then do manual searches.

Here's some hints: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

Thanks, I will do that very soon :D