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Old September 28th, 2008
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Question unable to connect to Limewire

I have been using limewire for years. Now I cannot get past the 1 greenbar and obviously cannot connect to the network. My operating system is windows Vista. I have turned off the windows firewall & also have turned off Trend micro completely. Limewire still shows a firewall active & will not connect. I have uninstalled Limewire completely & reinstalled it. I still am not able to connect. Do you have any suggestions?
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mine has been doing this for about a day and a half now thought maybe it was me or my connection but everything seems to be right.
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I have been using limewire for years. Now I cannot get past the 1 greenbar and obviously cannot connect to the network. My operating system is windows Vista. I have turned off the windows firewall & also have turned off Trend micro completely. Limewire still shows a firewall active & will not connect. I have uninstalled Limewire completely & reinstalled it. I still am not able to connect. Do you have any suggestions?
1. Try these things first: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...t-connect.html

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I've been a Gold user for a couple of years now and I'm getting real tired of this particular issue. I can go months without a single instance, then all of a sudden, I can't connect. Sometimes it starts after installing a new version and other times for no apparent reason. I've found that no single/combination of solution(s) in the "if you can't connect" area works consistently. In fact, in most instances, it goes away all by itself in a few days.

I'm quite willing to pay for the Gold version, but I expect it to work reliably. I won't keep jumping through all these hoops just to get the software to do what it's supposed to do. If this issue isn't solved by the time I need to renew my Gold subscription, I won't be renewing any more.
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I've been a Gold user for a couple of years now and I'm getting real tired of this particular issue. I can go months without a single instance, then all of a sudden, I can't connect. Sometimes it starts after installing a new version and other times for no apparent reason. I've found that no single/combination of solution(s) in the "if you can't connect" area works consistently. In fact, in most instances, it goes away all by itself in a few days.

I'm quite willing to pay for the Gold version, but I expect it to work reliably. I won't keep jumping through all these hoops just to get the software to do what it's supposed to do. If this issue isn't solved by the time I need to renew my Gold subscription, I won't be renewing any more.
That doesn't sound like an official version of LW. This is the only official site for download of either the basic (free) or Pro versions: Lime Wire » Download LimeWire

If you do have a scam version of LW - sorry, but we don't offer support for those
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That doesn't sound like an official version of LW. This is the only official site for download of either the basic (free) or Pro versions: Lime Wire » Download LimeWire

If you do have a scam version of LW - sorry, but we don't offer support for those
My mistake. I do have Limewire Pro purchased from LW. Gold is the purchased version of MediaMonkey. I use them together and just used the wrong name. The rest of my post is accurate.
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Not sure, but you may need to make sure they use different ports to connect through. Usually two programs trying to connect thru the same port will cause router problems, reserving a port for one of them. Not sure of the difference between the programs though. Chances are in UPnP mode they use separate ports.
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Not sure, but you may need to make sure they use different ports to connect through. Usually two programs trying to connect thru the same port will cause router problems, reserving a port for one of them. Not sure of the difference between the programs though. Chances are in UPnP mode they use separate ports.
I didn't mean that they do the same function, just that I use Limewire for P2P and MediaMonkey to organize my music. They don't conflict in any way that I'm aware of and have always worked fine when running at the same time. (If LW worked as well and reliably as MediaMonkey does, I'd be very satisfied.)

My issue is strictly with LW's random failure to connect to the network. It's a major issue for a lot of LW users and has been a known issue for a long time. The LW developers need to figure out why it happens, then devise a solution rather than expect all of us to become LW mechanics.

I spent 4 hours yesterday being a LW mechanic and couldn't get it to connect. Finally, in frustration, I shut LW down, ate dinner and watched some TV. This morning I started LW and it connected in seconds. Go figure !
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