After a day of going crazy trying to get LW to connect I got fed up so I called optonline my ISP and yelled at them b/c LW connects when I use my dial up or DSL from Verizon i was on the phone with them for about 15 min when i hung up LW was connected but i'm not getting turbo-connection, so I thought this might help optonline users try calling tech support and speaking to them

i run ms xp ...

fix worked for me ... i think ... went to all user names and where the .limewire directory existed i deleted. then shut down instance of limewire and restarted and no good,

but,

then re-booted, started limewire and it essentially took me thru what seemd to be a re-installation of the program.

but when i restarted program it connected immediately, YEAH!!

bad thing (and i did not read this in the fix entry) ... i lost all my 'downloads' ... that sorta sucked! but hurray i'm back in the saddle again!

dave r

I have windows 98 and the basic version of limewire, i purchased imusicshare from imusicshare.com and limewire is the first (and best) choice they give you to download music from, for me limewire will not work. it just won't connect. I'm pretty dumb when it comes to computers and i have no idea what firewall, proxy, port, or isp means. So none of the solutions posted help me, even though i have tried some of them. Also i don't have the folder Documents And Settings so i couldn't try sdaswani's solution.

Can anyone help me??

v0ne 1st & foremost, you've been scammed. You got LW from a scam site. LW Basic is FREE. 1. Check this to see that you really have LW Basic: Shows About LW Pro

2. See Membership? - **WARNING ** - Download p2p Clients ONLY Thru Official Sites (click on link)

3. You'll find that site you got yours from here Known Scam Sites (click on link)

4. Get some tips here get your $$$ BACK!!! (music members) & perhaps http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...ghlight=paypal

5. Uninstall your version of LW since if it doesn't come directly from the LW downld site, it could contain some internal changes & the addition of spyware, adware, etc. Then install the official version from here: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

well i reinstalled and the program even looks different now but it still won't connect. i didn't purchase limewire, i purchased imusicshare? i'm not sure if it was a scam. anyone know why limewire won't connect?

i have just bought a new laptop and downloaded limewire from limewire.com.
I am living in university halls of residence, so connect through the university network, but on my old laptop I had no problems with limewire through the network, however with my new laptop, it's saying I have a firewall, even though I disabled windows firewall, and i have uninstalled Norton as I hate it!!
Help

2 problems I can see. 1. most uni's nowadays block or filter p2p sharing.
2. Disable your XP firewall; go to the control panel, double click on Windows Firewall, check the disable box / http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...842#post178842 (see links)

Norton: * Configuring Norton Internet Security

1. My old laptop run Limewire perfectly through the uni network
2. I had already disabled the xp firewall

So what version of LW were you using before on your "old" laptop dancing routine? (whoops ... silly joke!)

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
8. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)?
9. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
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?

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows xp home edition (sp2)
2. What firewalls you have? Just the xp one... had norton but uninstalled it
3. How much ram? 2GB!!!
4. Hard Disk space available? 80GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? I plug straight into a wall socket which then connects to uni servers.
7. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. 4.9.37 and 1.5.0_06
8. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)? Uni's own
9. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. The whole University
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? The connection has timed out.
The server at www3.limewire.com is taking too long to respond.



I was using 4.6 on my old laptop