Can't connect to limewire. Please Help

[luisivy]

Hello,

I had Limewire in the past, and just downloaded it again. When I try and search for something it says, Limewire is currently connecting to the network, your search may not return many results until you are fully connected to the network.
I turned off my firewall, windows XP and have left limewire on for about an hour to see if it will connect. It says that limewire has detected a firewall, I'm not too computer smart so I'm not sure what is what, can you please help??????

[birdy]

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[oxomc]

Hi
I have the same problem, I have let limewire run all day and still get the currently connecting to the network message and 1 green bar.
My system details are as follows:
1 Windows XP sp2
2.windows firewall which allows limewire
3.448MB ram
4.133 GB hard disk space
5. Mobile broadband
7.I am connecting from home
8. Limewire 4.14.6 and java 1.6.0_02
9. Eircom
10. test worked
11.no
12.First try
13. Brick wall; yes
15. Norton antivirus 2007
16. Ireland
I am not a a computer genius so please be gentle with me and I will do my best to follow your instructions
Many thanks

[birdy]

Some people have had connection problems with the latest version of Java. Try this version instead. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version(s) before you install this one.
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that doesn't help, If that doesn't help, delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here.
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

[randomkid]

check my post, "i think ive cracked it" for ideas. soz dont now how to link as yet

[birdy]

Originally Posted by randomkid

check my post, "i think ive cracked it" for ideas. soz dont now how to link as yet

Thanks, randomkid. These guys are using XP

[dream2hunt]

Open the preferences of your installed java, (Java Control Panel) go to network settings and fillup the necesary fields. This might help.

[oxomc]

Thanks a million for all your help, i deleted the preferences folder and it works like a dream

[randomkid]

Originally Posted by birdy

Thanks, randomkid. These guys are using XP

yea i know but i got my vista 1 to work by using 3 diff bits of info from xp and vista users +a good guess.

Tescos mate

[librahim35]

Thanks. This helped me!