Limewire hangs at splash screen
 

when i try to open up LW 4.9 it hangs at the splash screen. nothing happens. one night i tried to leave it at the splash screen and when i woke up it was still on it.

i have just reformatted my computer with windows xp sp1 and i tried to install limewire 4.9 on there. it installed fine. i did everything that was mentioned in the fix thread including installing the offline version of java 1.4.2. i uninstalled LW, restarted my comp, installed java, restarted my comp, then installed LW, and restarted again.

i have tried to go back to previous version of LW and it happens to all of them. i have done all my updates and it still happens.

the specs of my comp are as follows:
windows pro xp with sp1
80 gig maxtor hd
amd xp 2600 (i think)
512 of ddr 2100 (i think its 2100)
no running firewall
no antivirus just yet

its not a prebuilt computer its a computer that i built.

ive also tried to do the windows 2000 compatability change that is mentioned in the fix thread but that doesnt work either. im hoping this has happened to one of you guys and there is also a fix.

Generally those fixes do the job for that type of problem. Did you also try deleting the LW preferences folder? Did you try Java 1.5?

I wonder if it's related to this The way to fix the Blank screen on startup

You say you're not running a firewall, but Win XP has its own firewall. Did you turn it off? It's not wise to run without a firewall at all. Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)

Do you have any AV/spyware, etc. utilities where LW might need to be given permission to run & connect. Some apparently do have this type of optional blocking.

well i tried the deletion of the preferences and that didnt work. yeah i know about the windows firewall and i didnt turn it off. (thanks for reminding me about that. totally forgot) java ive tried...actually ive tried every java that has been recomended to me. nothing worked.

but i got it to work finally.

what i did was just updated my video card driver. i saw that remedy on these boards and i did it before and it didnt work. so i uninstalled the driver and i reinstalled a new driver for my, AND DONT LAUGH :), ati 9200se...presto...worked like a charm.


these boards are extremely helpful :).