limewire NOT working; i've tried EVERYTHING!

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Did you disable Vista's firewall? Have you tried removing & re-adding LW to the Norton firewall?

Originally Posted by jillian.kaye

... i think it may have stopped working after a bought the linksys router, so it may be that?

The reason I suggested port forwarding is some Linksys routers can be a bit unreliable in UPnP mode. Wireless mode seems to make it more tricky.

If the problem is not the Linksys. And the problem is not Charter. Then perhaps the issue is other security on your computer. Something is possibly blocking connection/listening ports.

* There is a possibility your LW is connecting to dud or poor performing ultrapeers. However it seems unlikely this would occur every single occasion your LW connects. One trick would be to go to your LW menu bar, Tools -> Advanced Tools. Select the longest connected ultrapeer & remove. Wait until LW connects properly again. Then try a search. Repeat process.