I am unable to fully connect to Limewire. It will say "connecting" in the status bar and then within a few minutes it will change to "DISCONNECTED" then in a few more minutes it goes back to "Connecting" and never really will connect. I am connected to the Internet, and I did go through those instructions about adding the Gnutella ports to the firewall settings.

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up: 1. OS version, 2. What firewalls you have, 3. ram, 4. HDD space available, 5. Connection type, 6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers, 7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

I have Windows XP, Firewall is Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall, RAM=256MB, Connection Type is a Dial-up Modem, Modem name is HSP56MR (VIA), and I am connecting from home. I can connect to the internet just fine, and I used to be able to connect to Limewire, but now I cannot.

Have you configured your firewalls for LW: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

Try these one by one until one works:

1. Delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) & found here: Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire (BUT make a note of all your LW settings 1st b/c you'll need to reset them after deleting LW's Prefs folder!!!)

2. Update your Java version 1.5 (take the JRE)

3. Repair LimeWire using the Add/Remove Programs utility. Go to Control Panel then Add/Remove Programs & click on Limewire on the Change/Remove button & it comes up with options and one of them is Repair. Try this.

4. Right-clicking the Limewire icon and going to properties and changed compatability setting to Windows 2000.

5. Right-click on the Limewire icon on the desktop and click on Run as. Then it should come up showing the current user and then switch it over to Administrator.

Try this: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=32276