Vista and Limewire dont wanna make sweet love!

[viper2g1]

Please help my vista and limewire connect!!

1. OS version? Windows Vista Ultimate x86

2. What firewalls you have? Zonealarm Free Version

3. How much ram? 1GB

4. Hard Disk space available? 17GB

5. Connection type? Cable

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Router: WRT54G Modem: Terayon TJ715X

7. Where are you trying to connect from? Home

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? 4.14.0/Java 1.6.0_2

9. Who is your ISP? Comcast

10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? Test Worked

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? No other computers are currently connected to the network

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. Haven't gotten it to work with vista

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes

14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? UPnP is enabled and I have set up forwarding for the listening port in the router.

15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? NOD32 Antivirus

16. What country are you living in? USA



Thank you so much for trying to help me!!

[birdy]

Try uninstalling both LW & ZA, then reinstalling LW & finally reinstalling ZA? Making sure that LW is installed before ZA has fixed the problem for a few Vista users
Also, make sure that the Windows firewall's off & that ZA is allowing LW.
PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your ZoneAlarm Firewall.

Try this version of Java, some people have had connection problems with the latest updates. Download the JRE offline installer & remove any other Java versions before you install this one.
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

When you set up port forwarding, did you use the instructions here?
Port Forwarding for the Linksys WRT54G
And did you make sure to set up a static IP adress first? Otherwise port forwarding won't work.

[viper2g1]

I did what you suggested, but it hasn't helped. Also when I try to change the listening port limewire freezes... even if I try to disconnect so it's not attempting connection. I took the instructions from portforward.com - the limewire section. Also when I try to close limewire it still shows instances running in my task manager which I cannot close with the kill process button in the tastk manager. Is that normal and how do I kill limewire when I'm donewith it, The only thing I've found that works is restartin the computer. Thanks everyone

[birdy]

Try deleting LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.
LimeWire Pref Folder in Vista

[prkdeon07]

hey i tried each and every stuff from here still it seems like limewire wanna restart

[viper2g1]

alright, after some tinkerin with all the things you've mentioned I finally got it to work. Thanks so much you've all been a great help.