by the way...I don't know what this means:
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your quote:
then go to Properties and in the General Tab you click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then Properties. There you should check whether the IP and Submask is the same as the ones you have, if they aren't type in the ones you have.
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I know what the IP and mask values are, but what am I comparing them to?

Okay, first of all....I'm not sure whether this has anything to do with your problem; it was just a thought, so I told you to at least exclude certain possible causes......

Look at my screen shots to see what I meant.

That it reverted back to your computer name seems to be okay; I think it should be that way. have you also tried not to use manual port forward? I.e. using UPnP?? Because for manual port forwarding you should have an static IP and if you do only one slight mistake in setting up a static IP then the whole process won't work.

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Ok, I just switched it back to just using UPnP, but that didn't do anything either.

As for your screen shots. I appreciate it, but I am fully aware as how to get to those screens. However, I was asking what you wanted me to compare those values to....

by the way, thank you for your prompt replies. I know you must have better things to do. At least we know what ISN'T causing the problem, haha.

Ok. I put my gloves on, and took the extreme measures you recommended.

First, I uninstalled Limewire, and deleted all files and folders I could find through the start>search method.

Then, I uninstalled that piece of crap PC-Cillin. However, I am a little uneasy about not having ANYTHING running on my machine. I guess I'll have to run out and get something that is actually worth the money.

Anyways, Once I rebooted from the uninstallation, I got online, and tried to download limewire. Like the last time I visited, it did not want to download the regular version, but asked me to download the full installer. I didn't think that was a big deal, and it would have raised an eyebrow, but it did the same thing last time I downloaded this version, just before I started this thread. I'm used to stuff like this, now.

So, I downloaded the full installer, and got the program up, and running. Of course, it did not want to connect.

I went to the IT guy, and had a little man-to-man with him. Here's what I confirmed: This computer connects through a basic switch, which then connects to the main server. UPnP does not even come into play, since he has software (ISO Server 2004) on the server that takes care of all the firewalling and proxy stuff. He also said there should be no reason why I cannot connect, since I have full access rights, and because he's not blocking ANYTHING other than spam. Again, he confirmed that the settings on his end are the same as they were 6 months ago.

So, I came back, and set the listening port on LW to 50xxx and then enabled UPnP. I made the appropriate changes to the firewall settings, and tried to connect again....nothing....

I thought maybe it had something to do with the proxy address not being in there yet, so I input the proxy address and the appropriate port...nothing...

I disabled LW from connecting on start-up, closed it down, and tried again....nothing

I even disabled Windows firewall, and tried again....nothing

I also tried the test again, which was successful. HOORAY!!!! but it doesn't really help....