Limewire was unable to initialize and start This is usually due to a firewall program blocking Limewires access to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow Limewire access to the internet and restart Limewire.

I have set the zone alarm up to ask for permission - i have also opened the udp and tcp to 6346 and when i have run the tests in the various messages here the port is open and the tests have worked properly. What is a loopback connection? anyone -

i downloaded limewire last night and it opened with no problem when i shut down the zone alarm. but tonight, no such luck - that's when i went thru this forum looking for answers.

HELP!! have used bearshare but didn't like the spyware, etc.

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)

Do you use XP SP2? Did you recently do M$ updates? If yes, it may have changed some of your settings & registry settings. One way to help is apply this patch though it might not completely solve it: http://mitglied.lycos.de/lvllord/download-mirror.htm
SP2 reduces simultaneous connections so this patch will increase them.

BTW please don't double-post! See Forum Rules (click here)

i looked up an down the site and didn't see anything close to what i have happening. I had already done the first thing you mentioned, tried the patch as well but i keep getting the same message.

i can open limewire up but every download is reported to be carrying either a worm or trojan and then when i try to open them i get error cannot access device path dont have appropriate permission to access files???

The Launch function in the LW Library is only intended for opening multimedia files such as video & audio files.

Advice is to stay away from files less than 2,000 KB (2 MB) because most smaller files are viruses or spam images. See WARNING: Viruses on network you should be aware of! (click on link) So make sure you use your anti-virus program to check "all" downloads before attempting to open them!

For fast & easy access, go to your LW Library window, select Saved Files folder & press the Explore button. Sample image here: Using Library Explore button to access downld folder (click on link) & the folder will open up for you. Then open the files from there.