My motherboard crash so I built another computer clean hard drive etc.. installed wxp pro and did the up dates also installed norton antivirus and basic utilities. before my motherboard died I was able to logon to limewire, i was running the same wxp pro and norton stuff, Now since I installed and bought the new limewire program I can not logon. when I launch the program now all that happens is the little box that says limewire on it comes on for a second or two then goes away and thats it I have removed all other copies files what every from the other hard drives and installed limewire on the clean harddrive. Someone please help

I'd suggest uninstalling your java versions you have & reinstalling using the control panel. Then reinstall LW using the "Offline" installer (it will uninstall the previous copy of LW at beginning of installation.) recheck your Norton FW settings; Configuring Norton Internet Security. Make sure your XP or any other firewalls are turned OFF! Also, try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.)

I can't give much more advice because you haven't given your system & peripheral set up specifics.

it worked for me too! awesome

I have done everything that has been said to do and i've look at so many different posts and tried so many things and i still can't seem to get LW to connect. Here is my problem, a couple of days ago i was downloading songs and it was working perfectly fine, then all of a sudden it stopped connecting. When i try to download it says connecting for a couple of minutes then it says need more sources. Does anyone know of any other ways to fix this problem??? I could really use the help as i seem to be getting very frustrated. thanks. oh yeah, i forgot to add that i have the basic version of LW

Hi lismarie06,

So there's nothing actually wrong with your LW's connection to the network? It's just that files won't connect for download? This thread's about problems when LW won't connect to the network

There are heaps of fake files around. They'll sit connecting for ages & then get stuck needing sources forever. Try the tips in these threads & remember to always check a video file with Bitzi (music doesn't get rated as often) before download

Fake files showing up in search results
How to find music (also has info that applies to video)

If it's happening with every single file that you try to download (do a test...search for an old song & try to download a file with 10 sources or less), delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 below, also point 2 if you've used much older versions of LW in the past.
Fixes for LimeWire

This will kill all of your settings within options. You'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things to the way you like them

I am running windows xp home edition. Limewire 4.12.11 used to work great, but now it will not connect to the network. I have tried everything that has been posted here in the past. Nothing has worked. What can I do to fix this problem?
Thanks
honeybunn1

I am so confused.
I am not very computer savvy and am trying to learn so i hope someone can help.
I really need to get into this computer stuff world because LW and things are dangerous if you don't know what you are doing!

I do know that I am AOL 9.0 Security Edition internet dial-up connection.
My computer is a Dell Dimension 4600.
I have Windows xp.
I know we do not use the AOL firewall because we use McAfee Security Center.
I have downloaded LimeWire before and it did work alright.
As long as you were on my brother's desktop logged onto my mother's screenname, you could open LW and sign on to download and everything.
I tried adding shortcuts to LW onto the other two desktops on my computer but it seemed that it was just what you get when you first install? I know that's not a very good way of explaining but it's true. It asked me all these questions about languages and setups and everything. And then the few songs (but still music!) were not there! Eventually I could not even open LW anymore, so I deleted all LW files off the computer.
I went in on my desktop and my screenname and tried downloading but I got a message saying something was wrong so I used the alternative download. Everything seemed to work and I can open it and everything.
I tried logging on and now the bars stay at 1 green no matter what! It says there is a firewall blocking but it doesn't make any sense. Our firewall allows LimeWire, it says so in the settings! And I am allowed to get on this site on my screenname so why is this not working!?!?
If someone could e-mail me with help that would be great~

Basically none of the solutions given have worked. Please respond promptly.

Looking at this thread, it seems just about everyone has the same problem - they cannot connect. Why doesn't Limewire sort this out?

Ok, this is my problem.

I'm using Mac OS X 10.4.9 on iMac + plenty of RAM and free HD space, I have broadband with tiscali and a Netgear router linked by ethernet cable. I have OS X firewall switched on (the brick wall always shows in LW), but it SOMETIMES connects me through it, and SOMETIMES it doesn't. When it connects I have 4 or 5 green bars showing and I can sit there for hours quite happily.

But next time I launch LW, it's all gone. I have one green bar and nothing comes up when I search.

If I delete LW and all the Preferences, and install it all again, SOMETIMES this works and gives me a connection, SOMETIMES it doesn't. There is no way to predict this.

One thing is for sure - if it doesn't give me a connection, then doing that fix in System Prefs where you tell it which port to 'listen' at (from LW prefs) NEVER makes a difference.

The only thing that ever works, is to delete everything and re-install, and then just hope and pray that THIS time I get a connection. It shouldn't be this arbitrary, should it? Is there any way I can guarantee a connection when I launch LW?

I am at my wits end over this.

Maybe it's got something to do with your ISP

There are heaps of posts here from Tiscali customers who either can't connect or can only connect sometimes.

Tiscali & Limewire
can't connect between 5pm-11pm
I have found a solution to getting Limewire to work with Tiscali

Use the forum search to look for Tiscali & you'll find more info.