Me three! I have use Limewire for years without a problem until this week. As an attempt to remedy, I upgraded and added exceptions for Limewire and the two ports, it still refuses to connect. Even if I switch off Windows Firewall there is no difference. I too truly regret that I upgraded. It appears that there must be something wrong at Limewire. We need some HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edward

I have read that to correct this problem one must uninstall limewire as well as the application data found in the users folder. I did this and still could not get a connection. So I tried something else...

Uninstall Limewire
I then did a search through all of my files for limewire (in the search box type in "limewire")
I deleted every file that had to do with limewire including GIF's and the rest of the junk that comes with the program.
After your computer is entirely Limewire free restart your computer.
Once restarted go to the Limewire offiial site and download limewire again.
Run the setup and WALLAH! I now have 5 green bars instead of the red.

Before doing this I tried everything else out and still had the connection problem. This is the only solution that worked for me and I hope it works for you as well. Good Luck!!

I tried deleting everything and restarting the computer. Then I downloaded limewire and still have the same problem. It claims to be detecting a firewall. I just think they trying to make us pay and get the upgrade.

Anybody else find a solution to this problem?

I am sorry that did not work for you. I was having the same problem even when I totally shut off Norton and Windows defenses. I even uninstalled Li,ewire and reinstalled it three times as well as trying all of the other tricks that are posted and finally I decided to delete everything associated with limewire and updated my Java. I guess the last time was the charm for me. From what I have read it is affecting even those who have upgraded.

I thought this might help you as it did me, should I come across any other possible tricks I shall post them here to hopefully help you and others facing this pain in the neck of a problem.

Not true, I have had Pro for over a year now. I have not used it for a few months and when I stopped it was working fine.

Well tonight it would not connect due to the firewall issue. So I paid the 14 bucks to get another upgrade since it has been 6 months now.

Still it does not work. I will try to do the un-install/delete everything to see if that works. If not, I will just move on to another p2p program as there are a ton of them out there.