1. WinXP Professional
2. Normal Firewall
3. 2GB of RAM
4. 60+GB of hardrive space
5. Connection type? Cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Motorola
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?Home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. LW 4.12.11 ,Java 6.1
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Shaw Cable
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 my test worked.
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Nope
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem experienced user.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? LW doesnt even open.
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? I dont use a router.

You could try rolling back your version of Java. Some people have been having trouble with 6.1

Here's a link for 5.12 (4th one down)

Java SE Downloads - Previous Release - JDK 5

Good Luck

Dan

Also make sure you uninstall 6.1 from your add/remove programs first...

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