i am having trouble working limewire. ive tried everything posted (that i can understnad anyways). i deleted the .limewire folder, ive tried to reinstall.. theres still one bar on the connectivity and it says a firewall is blocking it. I turned off the windows firewall, and i added limewire as a program exception for mcafee.

1. OS version? Windows Vista
2. What firewalls you have? mcafee (limewire program permission) and windows (turned off)
3. How much ram? ?
4. Hard Disk space available? 97 gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? not sure
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? apartment complex
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. Limewire 4.12.15 and Java 1.6.0_01
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? 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? it says "your test worked"
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. other computers. it is a plug in connection in an apartment. computers connected in other rooms.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem, it just stopped working.. ive been using it on this computer since august
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? not sure
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall just mcafee (enables limewire) and windows firewall is turned off
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). USA

help!help!

I had this same problem and I fixed by:-

[1] Uninstall the old version before installing the new -- delete the old LW folders from the Programs directory before installing the new version
[2] Ensure that you have java script J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 (Jre ver 5) if not download from here:-

Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

* Uninstall Limewire by using LW uninstall program not the add/remove control panel

I was using java 6 which was no good had to download version 5.

Hope this helps -- please let us know -- Thanx

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