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One green bar and stays 'connecting' forever Hi all Limewire was working fine until recently, but now when it connects it stays on one green bar and when I search it says 'still connecting', no matter how long I leave it. iTunes Store also stopped working at the same time. Any ideas? 1. OS Win XP SP2 2. What firewalls you have? Windows Firewall 3. How much ram? 480MB 4. Hard Disk space available? 200MB 5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Wireless broadband 6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Belkin 45G 7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)? Home 8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. 4.12.11 1.5.0_10 9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? BT 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 worked. 11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. It's on a wireless network via the Belkin router. There are two or three other computers on the network. 12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem, I've been using it for ages. I just reinstalled it but no change. 13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes |
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Hi & Help Please I am getting really frustrated as I also have the constant one bar and starting connection message. I have done all that is suggested and nothing is happening. I have never had a problem before with Limewire. I have pasted below a message that I get when I do run as. Please please can someone help as it has been off acouple of days and I am lost without it! Sad maybe. Many thanks Susie LimeWire version 4.12.11 Pro Java version 1.6.0_01 from Sun Microsystems Inc. Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86 Free/total memory: 31351800/33357824 java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\sue.HOME-760500DA97\.limewire at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:881) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:115) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:49) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44) Caused by: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\sue.HOME-760500DA97\.limewire at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.setUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:792) at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:879) ... 7 more STARTUP ERROR! FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare LAST MODIFIED: 1179246184171 SIZE: 0 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106953120 SIZE: 307949 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106984917 SIZE: 459988 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106985448 SIZE: 59154 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106986354 SIZE: 355370 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING LAST MODIFIED: 1170106930839 SIZE: 18349 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106987260 SIZE: 388504 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser LAST MODIFIED: 1170106931010 SIZE: 358 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm LAST MODIFIED: 1170106930573 SIZE: 0 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1170106928432 SIZE: 12279 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes LAST MODIFIED: 1170107005417 SIZE: 298 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106987589 SIZE: 25678 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106988589 SIZE: 741440 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106989229 SIZE: 94430 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log LAST MODIFIED: 1179246183921 SIZE: 2098 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106989885 SIZE: 136693 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106990682 SIZE: 255016 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106991260 SIZE: 69306 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop LAST MODIFIED: 1179246182375 SIZE: 4 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk LAST MODIFIED: 1179246183875 SIZE: 1548 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe LAST MODIFIED: 1170106930385 SIZE: 122880 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico LAST MODIFIED: 1170106930495 SIZE: 92854 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106950479 SIZE: 7174727 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1170106929604 SIZE: 40960 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106992432 SIZE: 677952 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.properties LAST MODIFIED: 1170106931089 SIZE: 7171 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106993495 SIZE: 630634 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties LAST MODIFIED: 1170106921635 SIZE: 114566 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106951479 SIZE: 2951044 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106994010 SIZE: 40064 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico LAST MODIFIED: 1170106930667 SIZE: 3262 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106952073 SIZE: 5786 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root LAST MODIFIED: 1179246182031 SIZE: 0 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE LAST MODIFIED: 1170106930932 SIZE: 268 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif LAST MODIFIED: 1170106931635 SIZE: 49 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106994417 SIZE: 741477 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106995135 SIZE: 152711 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\uninstall.exe LAST MODIFIED: 1179246184109 SIZE: 186020 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver LAST MODIFIED: 1170106927573 SIZE: 3810 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106995589 SIZE: 27215 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1170106929714 SIZE: 61440 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll LAST MODIFIED: 1170106929948 SIZE: 12808 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106997823 SIZE: 2147687 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar LAST MODIFIED: 1170106998604 SIZE: 207655 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war LAST MODIFIED: 1170106928229 SIZE: 8423 |
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Sorry extra info 1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Wind XP Home 2. What firewalls you have? Windows 3. How much ram? Forgotten 4. Hard Disk space available? Lots in excess of 200G 5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Broadband 6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? BT 2100 7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? Home 8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. 4.12.11 Pro 1.6.0 9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Pipex 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? Says test worked 11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. No 12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem experienced user 13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes ( Have done all fixes though including exceptions and no probs) Thanks |
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