HI GUYS I'VE HAD LIMEWIRE FOR A YEAR NOW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DECIDED NOT TO WORK ANYMORE !! ANYWAYS I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE A DSL CONNECTION, A OLD 1.2 GHZ INTEL PROCESSOR. 20 GB HARD DRIVE, 256 MB RAM AND I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE YALL NEED TO KNOW SO YOU CAN HELP ME OUT... I UNINSTALLED LIMEWIRE AND REINSTALLED IT AND IT STILL DOESNT WORK. IF YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME OUT I WOULD REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT!
THANKS AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY DARLINGS
ROSANNA

Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)
(to disable Xp firewall; go to the control panel, double click on Windoze Firewall, check the disable box)

Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

an you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?

* Generally the best way to fix LW that suddenly stops working it this: Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire

hey guys
i disabled my firewall and it still didnt connect? I did that test thing and it showed another pop-up saying the website was not found??? here's my info on my computer
os: windows xp
firewalls: 1
ram: 256mb
hard drive space: 39 gb left
connection type: dsl
modem & router type: speedstream 5200 and i dont know what a router is (sorry im blonde!)
where im connecting from: home
verision limewire and java: limewire 4.8.1 and java 1.5.0_03
isp provider: frontiernet
thanks alot gentlemen i really appreciate your help!!
thanks and have a beautiful day babes
~rosanna

Well my guess is then that your speedstream is blocking ports. As far as I can ascertain, this modem only utilises UPnP whilst used in USB mode. Thus I suspect you'll need to do port forwarding. There's 3 steps with the 1st (static ip) probably the most important or else the port forwarding won't work.

The Steps:

1. Set up a Static ip (see instructions under step 2 (4rth link listed on that page!)

2. Forward port 6346; Port forwarding instructions for Speedstream 5200 which also includes instructions for setting up a static ip. Choose Limewire from the list when you reach the port forwarding stage.

3. Within LW: Manual port forward instructions & sample image & 2 posts after that.

A & B & C

Hey there again well i tried what you told me to do and i dont think that it worked because when i set up the static ip it didnt do anything everything was the same, then when i finished forwarding port i couldnt used the internet, plus it says to do the same within limewire it was already forced into 6346 and yet it didnt worked !!! so could you please help me out with this lil problem ok thanxxxx

try holding down your control ( Ctrl) key as hit the link.., if it works then you have a pop up problem..
try turning off any pop up software as well.