Ghost Firewall

[onetrilogy]

I am using Limewire (of course) and I need to Direct Connect to my brother who also has the latest version of Limewire. Neither one of us has upgraded to pro. He has wedding pictures that he wants to share and alternatively, I have new baby pictures to give. My problem is that the program insists that I have a firewall keeping me from direct connected to another computer. I know what you're going to say first. Have you turned off the windows firewall and any other firewall that you might have running. I'll do you one better, I've turned off EVERYTHING except the bare minimum that will allow me to surf the internet by using msconfig and services.msc to confirm. When I start Limewire I still get the damn brick wall in front of the globe. It's really starting to get personal. I would like to know what I am doing wrong, or where I'm not looking and ultimately how to get rid of that damn phantom firewall, because I can't even create a share files folder using msn IM at this point. Someone, anyone help me out on this issue. Thanks for listening/reading whatever.



1. Windows XP
2. Windows/AVG
3. 512 MB
4. 60 GB (55 used)
5. Cable Internet
6. Motorola SB5101 Surfboard?
7. At Home
8. 4.14.8.
9. ISP = Moonbeam
10. http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ = Your test worked
11. No other computers / No other P2P's.
12. New Problem (but I wouldn't say that Im a Limewire pro.
13. I taut I sawd a bwick wall......I did I did I did see a bwrick wall
14. How is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? <------WHA???!?!?!?!!
15. AVG
16. America, FTW

Bottom left of screen from left to right
full green bars, brick walled globe, 497 in a green oval

When I click Direct Connect it says
Your computer is behind a firewall or router and can not receive direct connections


Signed,
1-3