Reformating should not affect weather LimeWire works or not. Do you know what version of Java you are using

were can u see wut the version of java is?

Open controll pannel add/remove programs go to Java right click it click on the line that says support in the pop-up window it will tell you there. I am headed out wont be back for 4 to 5 hrs. Then I will be Grandpa1 on the road on the road ya-know.

javas doesnt appear on the add/remove programs list O.o

Well ok so when you re installed limewire the Java install may not have fully installed. When you got the instructions from the Lord of the Rings, Did you do #1 on the list or did you go straight to #2. If you did not do #1 this is what I want you to do. Uninstall Limewire then do #1 on the list Fixes For Limewire use Java Version 1.4.2 first, if you get it to install reinstall LimeWire. If you did do #1 did you install Java before installing limewire or did it install with limewire. You may try installing 1.4.2 without uninstalling limewire but I do not know if that will work or not. If this dosn't get it going seeif you can find Limewire 4.8.1 anywhere . If you cant I have it on my Hard drive at home and I will E-Mail it to you when I get back Later this week.

i just got limwire 4.8.1 from my friend and it still doesnt work -.- i think it has something to do with my internet connection because i remember doing something with it before i reformatted my comp

for grandpa or LOTR
 

I have done all of the things that LOTR and grandpa said to do, I have uninstalled Java and now have the updated version, I have reinstalled LW. I am using DSL with windows ME. I do not have a firewall installed that I know of.. No Norton or McAfee etc.
When I start LW I have all bars green, but it says I am behind a firewall..grandpa said that he has limewire 4.8 version that he could email, when I had that version LW worked like a dream, is it possible to get that version??

how is that possible u haf all 5 bars green but a error msg says u

are behind a firewall? btw i just got 4.8.1 from a friend but i still

got the same problem =/ however, sometimes the error msg

doesnt come up and my green bars can go up to 4 but just go

down to one. does that mean its an issue with my internet?

firewall problem....
 

I dont know how I can have all green bars but still be behind a firewall.. if I knew that I might be able to fix the problem.. I wish I could believe me, when I click on the green bars it says that my internet connection is very strong but there still is the icon that shows that I am behind a firewall.. beats me.. It's all giving me a headache that is for sure!

i think my problem has something to do with the connection cuz

sometimes wen i start lw it has a few green bars and sometimes

it doesnt.

BTW today in the morning when i started my computer, i got an

error message from the rogers self-healing program saying that

im not connected to the internet and i cudnt even start IE.

however, half an hour later it started working again. does that

mean my connections a little faulty and does that have anything

to do with my lw problem?