Lanita, could you please post your system details. See Link below

System details - help us to help you (click on blue link)

i will as soon as my husband gets through with the water heater.......love to see that texas sign....living in the wilds of montana.....HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!!! give me an hour or so........this is a clean system.....with only my updates, nortons antivirus and zone alarm and limewire........Skyliner suggested reconfiguring Nortons....But I forgot to tell him, that we redid my system, didn't put any updates, no firewall no nortons or programs in, just limewire and it still wouldn't connect.....thanks for helping me......

1. OS version? XP PRO

2. What firewalls you have? Zone Alarm

3. How much ram?1 gig

4. Hard Disk space available? 80 and 200

5. Connection type? DSL

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Modem-Inetel 21041 Ethernet Adapter.....Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router w/ 4 Port Switch

7. Where are you trying to connect from: home

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? 4.14.10 java-1.6.0_03

9. Who is your ISP: 3 Rivers

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 says test works

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? My Husband and i are on the same router...but never had any problems before. He can connect but i can't

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user-Experienced user and new problem

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes i do....have always seen it and it connected

14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? It's UPnP enable...the other i don't know how to check

15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Nortons System Works 2003 and ZoneAlarm

16. What country are you living in? USA

Try this
 

I had pretty much the same problem as listed above. While using the same os and limewire 4.14.12 pro i am using eset smart security 3.

Method described below looks long winded but is infact very straight forward.

Try uninstalling limewire, and removing all traces of left over data .i.e

c:\program files\limewire

C:\Documents and Settings\"user"\Application Data\LimeWire

Or hit start, search and type in "limewire." Delete everything containing "limewire." (But not the setup file if it is the latest version)

Also remove the settings associated with limewire from your firewall.

Then go to Start, Run, and type in regedit.

Find and expand "HKEY_CURRENT_USER", Then look for "software" and expand also.

Seek the entry "Limewire" and delete.

Now locate "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" expand, look for "software" and again expand. Seek the "Limewire" entry and delete also.

Once completed restart system.

Now check all network settings are correct. (I.e. you are able to connect to the internet and other applications can access the internet also.)

Also make sure latest java version is installed. Obtain from java.com: Hot Games, Cool Apps

Obtain latest limewire setup file 4.14.12 and install limewire with your preferred settings, and allowing traffic when prompted by the firewall. You may get a series of more than one prompt.

Upon starting if the problem still persists, which is more than likely, in limewire click "Tools" then "Options."

Find the entry "Advanced" expand, and select "Performance."

Three tick boxes should be visible named

"Disable Ultrapeer Capabilities"

"Disable Mojito DHT Capabilities"

"Disable TLS Capabilities"

Tick all three boxes and click "Apply."

At this point you may be prompted by your firewall to allow inbound traffic for the application "limewire." If so then allow.

Now you may witness a change in the connection status.

If not restart the application and untick the three boxes as mentioned above, "apply" changes and restart application.

Now upon excution of Limewire, fingers crossed, you should be able to connect.

Hope this helps.

Correction
 

When ticking the boxes and applying the changes it simply writes the new information to the appropriate settings file, which infact is most likely causing a conflict, hence not being able to connect.

If Limewire does finally connect and you see a change in the connection status at the bottom left of the application, it is important still, to untick the three boxes described, once they have been ticked. (If this makes sense.)

In other words, tick, "apply," now even if connection status changes untick and "apply."

i read your post about renaming guntella net.net file - Do you know anything about mac's bc I cannot do your fix.
the thing you said to download...is it suppose to be a movie? also i cannot modify the limewire folder. any help for me?

i unclick and still nothing.......fixing to put in the new antivirus

the new anti-virus and firewall program didn't make any difference......i'll have my husband check the router sometime this week-end.........

hi twopeazinapod :) Can you supply us with some more details: System details - help us to help you (click on blue link). Hopefully we can find out what your problem is. In the meantime, try these things:
1. Close LW down, then delete the LW preferences folder; instructions here Deleting LW Preferences folder in OSX.

2. (a) Problems with the search, __ (b) Hostiles List

3. Go to LW's options/Preferences (mac keyboard shortcut: ⌘ ,) & select Connection tab & set to not connect at start up. Close LW, re-open, leave it to load & settle for 5-10 mins & then go to File menu -> Connect.

one question, before we check the router.....my husband and i are on the same router, he can connect but i can't.....does that make a difference?