Sorry I just received the email for the new user when signing on, about the info you need so you can help so here it goes to the best of my knowledge. No.s reflected from your list of questions. 1-Win 98, 2-McAfee V shield 4.0, 3-188.0 mb AMD-K-6 {tm} 3D prosser, 4- 1.85 gb cap. 719 mb free, 5- verizon sattilite, 6- modem Actiontec GT 704-WG 7- house, 8- LW 4.16 Java1.6.0_04, 9- Verizon, 10- test worked, 11- Sharing with other computer hard wired to modem, 12- 1st. try, 13- yes firewall, 14- unknowen, 15- McAfee V sheild 4.0, 16- USA Thanks guys good luck figuring this out for me. John

Is there somewhere else I should be posting this question to get help? John

What type of files are you trying to launch(mp3, mpg, avi, ect)? What size are the files? It's possible they're fake/corrupt. Try the tips in this thread: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/limewi...ind-music.html

Open LW and go to Tools>Options>Player, and untick to use the LW player and click apply. Using the LW player sometimes causes problems. Try playing your files again, they should launch in your default player for that file type. What happens?

You may just need to d/load some codecs or use another player.

Try using VLC media player, it has the codecs built in and will play most file types. It's a good player to keep around for those stubborn files that you can't get to play.

For WMP try K-Litecode Codec Pack

CODECs list & alternate players for Videos and Audio

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