hey lord of the rings (or anyone that can help!)

i just got an imac g5 with mac OS version 10.3.5 (an upgraded version apparently?).

i've never used a mac before.

i downloaded limewire 4.2 .

i also never used limewire before.

i install limewire.

everything's cool. i go to open it and...

the limewire icon just kinda bounces in the dock for a few seconds, disapears..and that's the end of that. no limewire for me.

sooo i go to the limewire FAQ page.
no help.

so i come here. after what must of been an hour of going through different threads here and there trying out different suggestions...i give up.

i dont know alot about computers.
i tried these suggestions, none of them have worked. im not sure how to use the rest of lord of the rings suggestions, but would like to if i had a "dumbed down" version of how to go abouts doing so.

1. Make sure you have the most recent version of Java.

check. (i think. i went to java and upgraded to the latest version. would this computer have automatically come with java? if during the upgrade, say, i didnt have java in the first place, would they have told me?)

2. Do a (a) Safe Mode start & (b) Repair Permissions, & then check with (c) Disk Utility & fsck, & if necessary run all other mac & 3rd party utilities (eg: DiskWarrior, Norton Utilities & AV, TechTool Pro) on your computer.


i tried repair permissions idea, didn't work. im too scared to try the other ideas because i dont really understand what they are.

3. Uninstall LW completely (do a complete search to make sure you have trashed every single LW item incl. prefs. - though you could move the incomplete files including download.dat & bak somewhere else temporarily.) Then reinstall.

I tried this a few times. no such luck.

4. Try out the LW Beta version (Pro users will find download link at bottom of their personal dwnld page)

"beta"...? im not pro, does that mean im using the "beta" version?


5. Install in a new admin user account to isolate a home account problem

what? im using this at home..does it make it a "home account" ?

6. Go back to earlier version of LW until a new update comes out.

will this definately solve my not being able to open lime wire problem? what are some major differences between older versions and this one?


sorry if im being a pest, i just heard limewire is really good and am extremely curious about checking it out!

thank you soo much if you read all this, even if you can't help. i know it's annoying to hear the same question over and over again!!!