Windows Vista Help with Limewire !!
 

Hello,Sorry to bother everyone but I have a major delima.I bought a laptop yesterday with Windows Vista on it and I cant seem to DL Limewire?,It get to the installing and it stops.It says if it takes more than several minutes to restart the installation.I do that and it goes no further than the time before.I've DL Bearshare,but I dont like their 6.0.I have 5.2.5 on my Desktop and I love it !I tried to put the 5.2.5 on my laptop,it installs but wont find a connection with the web? I'm all confused.Can someone please lead my in the right direction?,,THANKS !!:xeri_ok1ani:

You must be one of the first questions about Vista...:o
We will have to learn from you lol...
I have read about the new security and I know that vista runs explorer 7..
The best advice I could give is check them and try to configure them to allow the LW download..
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but if you do get it figured out we would love to hear from you, so we can pass it onto others...:idea:

Thats not what i wanted to hear lol,Yea,once i get this figured out I will post about it.I hope someone figures this out.Thanks.

You will need to download and install Java 6. I have been running Vista for a while now and using LimeWire but it requires Java 6. Also LimeWire is not compatible with Aero. You can get Java 6 at the link below use JRE

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

so do i need to turn aero off,then dl java 6?

i have same dilema man i got Vista Yesterday and now limewire doesnt work nether does bearshare it will just sit there Sayign Starting Connection on limewire and on Bearshare it will say connecting and i got a comp that runs Windows Xp Media Center and it works fine i need help with this problem as well

Yep.same exact problem here,I did what 'grandpa' said and it still wont connect.Im going to keep messing around with it and hope someone or I find a solution.

:rofl:

ok.. you sure it's because of w. vista?

I got a laptop about... 2 months ago with Windows Vista Premium. [lol It says on the sticker on my laptop...]
and I havent had any problems...
Since then I have downloaded The latest macromedia flash, Windows Explorer 7, WMP 10, and Java 6...

many computers don't come with up-to-date software...
... or.. maybe you don't meet the system requirements?

Btw: what's the big fuss avout vista anyways...
The other day I went to a Staples (office supplies store) and they were selling the W. Vista software like lemonade in the desert....

If im not mistaken,theres no way you have had a lapton with a FULL version of windows Vista.It was just released 2 days ago.

nope... or.. hmm...
Yeah.. I got it... gateway released it months before I even got it...
I think that it's just now been released to the public for upgrade.