My limeiwre wasnt connecting to the internet when i opened it up so i deleted it and downloaded it again. now whenever i open up limewire it says this message:

'Limewire was unable to instilize and start. this is usually due to a firewall blocking limewires access to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. please allow limewire access to the internet and restart limewire'

how do i overcome this so limewire will open up.
Thanks

connection
 

I've had it!! I have done everything on the Limewire website & still can't connect. Program just sits there & says "enabling" but never connects.
Running AOL on Win XP-I have even disabled all the firewalls to no avail

Go to Control Panel->Windows Firewall
Click on the Exceptions Tab
Click on Add Program
Then add Limewire to the list
Then make sure Limewire is checked and hit 'OK'

Thats how I fixed mine.

It says firewall is disabled but for some reason still blocks the program.

Malicious Code
 

I just D/L this limewire program and paid for this service, TODAY. when i started using it i got to D/L 5 songs. then it D/C. I tried to reconnect and windows refused to start the program. I tried to startup the program again and windows told me that there was a malicious code in the program and I shouldn't open it. I tried anyways and the window wouldn't even pop-up. So I reinstalled it. Still unsuccessful. I deleted everything and D/L a new program off of the internet. Still nothing. knowing about this virus I had already cleaned my system before trying to start up the program again and D/L ing the new ones.
I might call Customer Care, and try to get my money ack because that was a ripoff. Unless you can solve this problem.

it didn't work
 

I tried your thing to fix it 3 times and it didn't work. on top of that I lost everything I had saved on limewire. right now I am trying it get it back but I must have done something wrong

Jason, read thru the virus threads on the forum. There are some worms & trojans to look out for. How to stop them? Keep your anti-virus programs active & make sure you have up to date virus definitions. There's some good free av programs out there. Check all incoming files/before you attempt to open them!!!!!!!!!

the guy who can't connect how did you lose everything? If you keep your setting set to default for downlding then there's no way you should have lost anything you downlded earlier. Earlier in the thread (a page or 2 back), I list a set of questions asking for details of everybody's set up & some simple tests to do. If you can answer those questions & tests & we'll see how we can help you.

deleting preferences
 

Has worked so far...thanks.

I REALLY NEED HELP! PLEASE!

when ever i search... a box comes up saying "your search is 2 specific" whats with that?!! thankyou alot if u can right back :):):)


MItch

Connection problems
 

I have a mojor connection rpoblem can you help me?

Here it is: Whenever limewire tries to connect to Gnutella, It cant connect so i try disabling my firewall but it still cant connect to Gnutella but, it said something about a content filtering software is blocking limewire to connect to Gnutella. BUt, i dont know what that mans plz help me??/ Thanks