I have been having trouble with connections.Everytime I put in a artist name it never pulls up any searches.I have tried everything on the board that i understood.Can someone help me

Firstly, is your LW connection ok? Is this your first try at using LW or has it been working well before? If you just can't get connected, you need to read this & follow all the advice
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51357

If your connection's fine but you can't get any search results, try deleting the LW preferences. Instructions here
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36420

You can also try going tools > options > speed & disabling ultrapeer capabilities. Set your searches to show all qualities. Within tools > options > searching, set your number of simultaneous searches to 5 or so.

Ive tried both sets of directions.I still cant get limewire to pull up any files.The screen shows there is a firewall blocking it.I went into norton security,microsoft security.Everything is off I cant figure out what firewall is blocking it.Please help

Ok, rather than turning off all firewalls, just configure 1 for LW (don't run 2 at once). There are instructions in the 1st thread of my other post.

Routers can have a built in firewall that causes problems. If your router uses UPnP, make sure it's on in the router & ticked within LW (tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Tick use UPnP & apply).

What's your set up
OS (Win XP etc)
LW & Java version (help > about LW & it'll tell you)
Modem/router brand & model
ISP
Where you connect from (home, work etc)
Connection type (dialup, ADSL etc)
Do you share a connection with other computers

Do the port test in my first pasted thread. What result do you get?