Not Connecting.........arrrrrggggg
 

I Have Used Limewire For Over 4 Years. All The Sudden, When I Hit Search, I Get No Results. Using Windows Xp, Have Made All The Exceptions, Done The Firewall Thing Etc Etc. Nothing Is Working. Any Ideas?

is it with any search ( like did you try seeing "what new") or is it something more refined?

with any search not one thing goes thru because it constantly says "you are connecting to the network", but won't connect. only one bar turns green.....

me too
 

i'm having the exact same problem!!! i can't figure it out. help us someone...

I'm having the same trouble. Last week I waited it out and after about 1/2 hour was finally able to get on. Tonight I've been waiting several hours and it won't move past the first bar. I'm using vista.

can't connect either
 

I purchased limewire a few years ago but recently had a hard drive crash. Since I reinstalled I cannot connect either. I spent almost 4 hours on the phone with my ISP adding limewire to a safe list and opening the ports to send and receive. Still no luck connecting. I am only trying to run basic at the present time and it shows in my ISP as connected but I continue to get the message limewire is connecting to the network. No bars, no nothing. I don't get it? Any suggestions? Even my ISP can't understand WHY I get no connection.

Well
 

I guess it's nice not to be alone, but what the heck are we suppose to do? I have tried EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING to fix this to no avail.

I tried again to log on this morning and just decided to wait it out. After about 2 hours all of the bars were green and the firewall turned off. I'm trying to find specific tunes so I think I will leave it on. Still don't know why it takes so long to log on. It didn't used to. Now that it is on, it's still the same great program.

Limewire AND Frostwire are not connecting. I have limewire and frostwire. It's not my pc cause it's got all the bells and whistles of an up to date, Vista with wifi. I thought it was the wifi service finally caught up, but seeing that this problem is RAMPENT I'm not so sure it's the server I have. This truely does suck! HELP!! Aside from hotmail and messangers with file sharing, this is the only means I have of sharing my files with my friends who are way too far away to visit in person or send snail mail to.

Newbie to the board, but not the net...

LadySythe

All people in this thread...try the fixes below (click on the blue link).
Including updateing/rolling back Java, deleting preferences folder & replacing gnutella.net file. Remember to only have 1 Java version installed at a time.
If LW Will Not Connect

If you're sure that you've done all of those things correctly (with LW properly closed & restart afterwards), try the fixes below. The post's really old but a couple of people have recently found that it's fixed their problem.
For those who can't connect

Frostwire users: Even though the fixes refer to LW, it's all the same for FW.

If nothing there helps, pleeeease post your system details. Otherwise, how can we help you if we don't know anything about your setup? You'll find a link to system details in the 'will not connect' thread...that explains which details we need.

Ladychud,
Even though you can connect sometimes, if you give us your details then we might be able to help with that.

Atlantic78,
When you post your details, could you also list all of the fixes that you've tried so far?

I'm gonna print out the bugger you linked to us. I was getting frigging overwhelmed and confused just trying to figure out what to do on the Connection Problems thread.

I hope it really works cause this is just fragging me of something fierce!!

Ok but don't get the sh_its with us, because we're just trying to help:rolleyes:

OH now, it's just prolonged frustration. I'm sure you understand. Move of my comments carry a lot of sarcasm, so if I offend...my bad ;)

Ok. I'm not happy but I'll keep my vulgarities under control.

I followed the post Bird made in the thread If LW Will Not Connect, all the way down to the part where it says "If you're stil stuck"... I'm buggered. I've already made sure Norton as well as ZoneAlarm allows Limewire as well as other programs with work online. I don't understand why this isn't working! It must be the wifi here at my dorms are being "filtered". Man! That's a violation of my constitutional rights! *snort*

Anyway, I have no idea how to check what server my school is using or anything. I've tried via my wifi lan but didn't find anything interesting.

So... *sigh*

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Firewalls: Norton Protection Center (came with pc), Zone Alarm, and what came with Windows
Ram: Eh... 1790 mg
HD space available: Erm...5 gigs in c:\ drive and 30gigs in d:\ (partitioned) *yeah, I know, I need more room! It's my cg program eating it!*
Connection: Wireless Lan
Location Connecting: Dorm room (college campus)
Versions: Limewire 4.2.3 Pro, Java version 6 update 4 (build 1.6.0_04-b12)
ISP: unknown
Browser Test: Failed. No "Your Test Worked" Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
Sharing or P2P: Unknown. Probably no
I've been using Limewire (on different pc's) for about 3 years but never had this problem until just before Christmas '07.
Brick wall infront of planet: YES but it still worked both directions.
Security Programs: Norton (not renewed), AVG free Edition, AVG Anti-Spyware, Windows Defender (came with pc)
Country of Residence: USA, California

Ok...now can someone please HELP!!!?? *whimpers*

:bangh:

no connection
 

ive tried all ways to connect do it manually or remove replace file still nothin it worked up till last week when i had to reinstall windows xp now it wont work please help

Your A Godsend
 

IT WORKED, ...........SOOOOO HAPPY. FOR ME IT WAS THE JAVA. KICK A** AND THANKS SO MUCH

I just tried the second "help" link to no success. I even tried until 4:30 in the morning messing with limewire, following your guy's ideas and suggestions and changed ports, proxy's and sock a few times.

Any other ideas?? Is there a way to check what the server/provider is without doing any asking? I mean, if I go to the tech support here at the college...they might start wondering why. *sigh* I'm exhausted. :shoot: :timetosleep:

LS