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Old March 4th, 2008
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Downloading the new version of gnutella.net to my Desktop did the trick! I had been suffering with the same problem as everyone mentioned: LimeWire Pro 4.16.6 worked for quite awhile and then just seemed to quit. After copying the current version of gnutella.net, all is working well again. Thanks for the tip!

What's strange, however, is that on my laptop running LimeWire Pro 4.14.10 with same router/modem as my desktop, I don't have the problem at all. Computers: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
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Old March 6th, 2008
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I had disconnected all firewalls, including windows, CW, Lavasoft, spybot, etc, and still no connect. Finally, I followed with the notes here and even though the removal and reinstall of gnutella.net file did not appear to work, I then removed Tips and restarted. Boom, I'm on and now I can get back to work after 5 hrs.

Thanks guys
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Old March 8th, 2008
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OK, I've done everything as suggested to connect to Limewire as suggested to rudedog however could not find the gnutella.net file so went to download via point 4 on your response.

when going to download I could not save it to desktop and wondered what I am doing wrong.

Could you please help and advise as I am a keen music lover and would love to get this working again.
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Old March 8th, 2008
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I'm not a Techie, but your download (if it is windows) should go to your desk top. Or you can search for the file in c: drive to locate it. Then cut and move it to Limewire file in Programs.

Good luck.
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OK, I've done everything as suggested to connect to Limewire as suggested to rudedog however could not find the gnutella.net file so went to download via point 4 on your response.

when going to download I could not save it to desktop and wondered what I am doing wrong.

Could you please help and advise as I am a keen music lover and would love to get this working again.
not a problem -- this is what you do -- when you click on my link to download the new (gnutella.net file) it will take you to the webpage mediafire.com -- click on the bit that says click here to start download -- now a new file box will open -- click on save -- at the top there is a box that says save in -- scroll down until you get desktop in the box -- now click on save -- your downloaded gnutella.net file will now be saved onto your desktop as an icon -- now just follow the rest of my instruction in my earlier post -- hope this helps
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Old March 9th, 2008
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ThankYou Both For The Advice..
Got Right Up To The End,
But Still Get The Same Message Reading
"This is usually due to a firewall program blocking Limewire's access to the Internet or loopback connections on the local machine."




Is There Anything Else I Can Do?

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ThankYou Both For The Advice..
Got Right Up To The End,
But Still Get The Same Message Reading
"This is usually due to a firewall program blocking Limewire's access to the Internet or loopback connections on the local machine."




Is There Anything Else I Can Do?
yes -- pse click on (systems details) in Limewire Links and fill in as much as you can -- in the meantime pse check yr settings in Limewire:-

1.) First, go into LW and click on 'tools' located on the top toolbar. Select 'options'. On the left, you'll see the option called 'sharing', hit that and click the checkbox for "folder is fully shared including all subfolders."

Hit apply at the very bottom ALWAYS.

2.) Next, go to the 'speed' tab and select your speed: brodband or dial up. Hit apply at the very bottom.

3.) Go to the 'uploads' tab and make sure it's set at the middle (that long line that's towards the middle.) Hit apply at the bottom.

4.) Go to 'connections' and un-check the "connect on start-up" box. Hit apply.

5.) Hit the 'BitTorrent' tab and check-mark the "start automatically" box. Hit apply.

6.) Hit the 'player' tab and make sure the "use limewire media player" box is checked. Hit apply.

7.) Go to 'status bar' and check-mark every box except the last one. Hit apply.

8.) Hit the 'iTunes' tab and type in a shared name, such as " your name's limewire tunes." The buffer size should be at 2048. Hit apply.

9.) Go to 'view' and check-mark the box for "show notifications". Hit apply.

10.) Then go to 'autocompletion' and hit the check-box. Hit apply.

11.) Hit the 'searching' tab and then the 'Quality' tab below it and check-mark the "show all qualities". Hit apply.

12.) Go to 'speed' and check-mark "show all speeds". Hit apply.
13.) Go to 'filters' and hit 'keywords' and check-mark the "Ignore .vbs files" and "Ignore .wmv/.asf files." Hit apply.

14.) Go to 'advanced preferencing' and have the scale on 'always' - have the box above checked at "1". Hit apply.

15.) Hit the 'firewall config' tab and check-mark the "use UPnp" which is recommended. Hit apply.

16.) Go to 'proxy' and select "no proxy". Hit apply.

17.) Hit 'file associations' and check-mark both ".torrent files" and "magnet:links" below that, check-mark the middle button. Hit apply AND Ok.

TIP: Keep all of the recommended options check-marked and ALWAYS make sure you click the apply button and when you're done click OK.


Hope this helps
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Old March 22nd, 2008
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nope, it didn't do the trick for me mate.
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nope, it didn't do the trick for me mate.
In Limewire Links [below] click on (If LW will not connect) and work your way through these fixes -- if that dont work try (connection problems) also (LW Troubleshooting) finally if still not working click on (system details) and fill in as much as you can and post back here . Also tell us what you have done so far to try and get it working.
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Old March 11th, 2008
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Help please - I am stumped

I am running XP, everything was fine for a long time, then Limewire just stopped connecting. I have removed Macafee firewall, disabled WinXP firewall, updated to newest gnutella.net file, started, stopped, removed connect and tips on startup, and on and on.

I even bought and installed LW Pro! It still can't connect. I see the brick wall over the globe, even though I have removed the Macafee firewall, and completely disabled WinXP firewall, yet the brick wall still shows. Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

-Cutsforth
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