firewall what i don't have one help

[donothing]

well when i first log on to limewirepro everythings fine for 5 min than it loses it's turbo and drops down to nothing i had this problem a month ago so i uninstalled sonealarm suite and everthing was better but now i have windows xp perfessional service pack 1a does it have a firewall that could be cousing this problem please tell it only takes five min than shuts me down to nothing befor it would stay on turbo all night and i wold have at least 6 to 10 things downloaded love the site just need this little poblem worked out i would like to go to sleep and know i'm not going to lose connection and yes i dowloaded the latest java well when i first log on to limewirepro everythings fine for 5 min than it loses it's turbo and drops down to nothing i had this problem a month ago so i uninstalled sonealarm suite and everthing was better but now i have windows xp perfessional service pack 1a does it have a firewall that could be cousing this problem please tell it only takes five min than shuts me down to nothing i would like to go to sleep and know i'm not going to lose connection and yes i dowloaded the latest java

[Lord of the Rings]

XP has its own firewall. If you're using zonealarm it will also have a firewall. You will need to configue both to allow LW full access: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

What type of modem are you using? Can you tell me the brand name & model no.? Is it a USB or ethernet modem?

For those that have 2 firewalls. Often they will disable XP's firewall & use the 2nd one instead.

[donothing]

i use just a modem dial up and no i just reformated from windows me did the hole wipe out of the hard drive then installed to xp perffessinal and i don't know how to turn thier firewall off and as far as zonealarm i threw that out and clean my hole system of it couse it's what i think gage me the problem with windows me

[Lord of the Rings]

After LW has been on for sometime, do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image If it says false then you probably do have a firewall issue.

Did you try deleting your LW Preferences folder? If you do you should 1st make a note of all your settings within LW b/c you'll need to reset them. Delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) & found here: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire

[donothing]

Did you try deleting your LW Preferences folder? If you do you should 1st make a note of all your settings within LW b/c you'll need to reset them. Delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) & found here: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire
sorry don't really know what that is or what it will do

[Lord of the Rings]

OK sometimes the preferences of LW can become a bit corrupted. Deleting them will allow it to create new ones the next time you open LW. By giving it fresh preferences it often solves these types of issues. LW needs to be closed when you do it.

When you find them put them in your trash/recycle bin.

[donothing]

you mean just delete that folder off line or with lw shut down this wont couse any other problems

[Lord of the Rings]

It won't cause any problems. Just close/quit LW. And yes delete the preferences folder. This will NOT affect your downlds. Your incomplete files preferences are stored elsewhere (in the incomplete folder.)

[donothing]

oo the bug report says nothing of false so does this mean it's more than likly the thig your speaking of

[Lord of the Rings]

Yes it will mean that your XP firewall is partially blocking your LW. Follow the instructions at the above link to enable LW. This will still give you full firewall protection.