thanks birdy. I found a temporary fix from one of the links you provided me on your first response. Turns out, Mcafee isn't compatible with limewire when you have windows vista. for those of you who have the same problem as me, try this out.

To narrow down where the issue lies, could you try the following:

- click Start
- click Run
- type: services.msc
- click OK
- right-click on the McAfee Redirector service
- click Stop
- try LimeWire again to see if the issue still occurs

Note: don't forget to Start the service again after testing (or reboot the PC).

* MY Note: This is only a temporary fix, since you're basically turning Mcafee off. I stopped the McAfee redirecter service, booted up limewire, got a TURBO charged connection, Turned the McAfee redirecter service back ON, and the limewire connection is still present.

I guess I will have to use this technique from now on; that is, until someone could find a permanent fix.

Did you see the post about trying the McAfee 2008 Beta?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/278483-post16.html

That might be worth a try (depends if you hate Betas I guess)?

I might just get Norton later on in the future. My mcafee subscription has been overdue and they keep bugging me to renew it.

If norton let's me connect to limewire without any hassles, i'll buy that one instead of renewing mcafee.