Adlib nobody said to turn off anti-virus or firewalls. What is recommended is you configure your firewalls to allow LW full access. And depending on your anti-virus you may need to make exceptions but I don't know which av apps would require this.

User Guide: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/userguide.shtml

Check the other suggestions on this page & on page 1 of this thread. Why someone can't connect can be a mystery. I've a suspicion you haven't read all the hints on this page let alone any others. For the majority of users LW is easy to get going but for a %, they have some connection issues. Hope your java is up to date. Since you haven't provided much info, I can't suggest anything more.

Actually I have read allot of the suggestions but to be fair it is fairly complicated and I don't feel it should be.

I do have a right after paying for a program for it to work!

Excuse me if I am a little vexed by this.

I have turned off my wondows firewall, turned off Norton anti virus (I have 2004 version so it probably doesn't work anyway) taken off the lime wire components in my doc and settings file, re-installed it, unistalled it, typed in all the numbers and IP numbers it suggests on the web site and still nothing.

I have also done that java link thingy and that made no difference.

I am now banging my head against a wall, in the hope it will be less painful.

Adlib can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.

For XP firewall see: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml
For Norton firewall if you have it see: Configuring Norton Internet Security

Remember this is not Limewire here. This is the Gnutella Forums. If you have a complaint about LW then write your problems to customer support. We are volunteers here. Keep this in mind http://www.limewire.com/english/content/refund.shtml

Thank you for your help but I think I am just going to get rid of it.

It's far too complicated and impossible to work out, at this stage I would rather be tarred and feathered than continue to try and get lime wire to bless me with a connection!

They have my money, it seems that is all they want from customers.

Thanks again for the help. I am going to try and forget I knew anything about Lime wire.

Hahahaha ... there's multiples of millions of people who have downlded LW. Some have problems. So we try to help. They come here for help .. not for ..

AT NO TIME did you provide enough information to help us find a fix to your problem. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/announ...?s=&forumid=29
It sounds to me like you barely tried to find a fix in the 1st place. lol All you were doing was complaining. Bet you didn't even get a hold of the LW manual lol. Perhaps computers are not 4u. Do u remember how to turn it off. lol fine

Your quite right I should of bothered to make that trip to outer mongolia to find the script containing the secrets of Lime Wire. If I only I had the inclination.

yeah that didnt help at all.. only one of the little stair connecting bars lights up green, so i cant search for anything. skfjsdf

Dear experts and not,
I hope this message finds you well cos' it doesn't with me.
Before starting i'd like to congratulate with you for all your useful suggestions: it seems that you helped quite a lot of people and i hope you'll do the same with me.
As you will imagine i'm facing connection problems with limewire 4.8.1 on my laptop. This is the first time I use this sw but i installed it in the same time on my laptop and on my fixed pc i have at home and, while it works on the second, it can't connnect on my laptop. The main difference in the 2 machines in the OS: win XP Home on the PC, Win XP Pro (with no SP on) on the laptop. Anyway, this one can't connect to limewire with any connection: I tried with the shared adsl connection of the home pc and with the wi-fi i have but nothing. Moreover, I already mapped the router ports properly, and also configured the windows firewall, but nothing happened. So now I deactivated it even if nothing changed.
I think we can exclude it's a router or isp problem since my flatmates are using the same router and connection with their laptops and normally use limewire. After installing and disinstalling the sw several times, even cleaning the registry with reghealer, I tried all your suggestions (firewall configuration and deactivation, no automatic connection, .limewire folder deletion) following your procedures but limewire still not works.
What can I do? This is definitely one of the best p2p programs so i'd really want to use it...but i can't. I hope you can help me or at least suggest me some other sw that can use the gnutella network properly.
thank you very much in advance.
Bizun

Could be a routing/networking issue. You should be aware that if you forward a port in your router/modem, it can only be used by one computer in the network; ie: any other computers should have separate ports opened for them. So computer A has port 6346 opened for it. Comp B has a different port opened for it (eg: Port 6342 or something) & any others would also require a separate port no. Also for port forwarding you require a Static ip. A dynamic ip won't work for port forwarding. If port forwarding was set up whilst a dynamic ip was active then you will have to go back & start again. ie: cancel the other PF job. 1. Set up a static ip. 2. Forward a port. 3. Manual port forward instructions & sample image & 2 posts after that.

Should also try to connect whilst LW is not active on the other machines (otherwise they might steal the necessary bandwidth & activity/energy of your router.) At least whilst you're initially trying to connect for the 1st time on the laptop.

thanks for your answer but:
1-i already have a static ip;
2-no others limewire are running cos' it's 2 days i'm here alone;
3-this is the most strange thing: the other laptops work without port forwarding.I'm the only one using it but even unchecking it it doesn't. Anyway, it still doesn't work connected with a normal DSL I have at my parent's place so I think it is a sw problem.
Thanks
Biz