I just used Limewire 4.12.10 last weekend and it worked perfectly. Nothing has changed in my computer and now i try to open it and it says that it cant connect because it cant access the internet. I have turned my firewall off, turned the comp off and tried everything and it STILL wont work. I desperatly need songs ASAP, so someone, if you can, please help me ASAP>

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1. OS version? Windows XP

2. What firewalls you have? McAfee

3. How much ram? Not Sure

4. Hard Disk space available? 119 GB

5. Connection type? DSL

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Not Sure

7. Where are you trying to connect from? My House

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? I have Limewire 4.12.10

9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Verizon

10. 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? It says "Your test worked!"

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Im not sharing

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? I cant even open Limewire

Are you sure that you used 4.12.10 last weekend? AFAIK it hasn't been released for that long. Maybe it was 4.12.6??

Don't run without a firewall. Make sure that the XP firewall is off & just configure McAfee to allow LW...double check all of your settings.
How did you have your LW set up before for your router...UPnP enabled, port forwarded or neither (I know this doesn't mean much if you can't even open LW but the info might help someone to sort your problem). Also try & find out the brand & model of your router.

Just try updating your Java (btw going to add/remove programs & finding Java on the list should tell you what version you have). Use the JRE offline installer & remove your old Java version before you install the new one. See point 1 below
Fixes for LimeWire

4.12.10 seems to set all options back to default on install so I really am not sure if it's any use deleting the preferences folder. Maybe someone else could tell you if that would help or not

Edit - you could also try the Java 1.6 JRE & see if that makes any difference.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
I think you'll have to make sure there are no other Java versions on your computer for this one to work.