ok then mate , i am no pc buff as you can see lol. any way i have had limewire up and running on my pc before it worked fine .
any way my pc is windows xp, i am on talk talk broadband i have norton , but limewire doesnt work even if i switch it off , and it worked fine before when norton was on.
there is plenty of hard disc space on my pc.
the test thing said it worked.
ok not sure if this helps sorry to be a pest .
thanks

sorry to add this now but just found this below ,
Just downloaded limewire
Then uninstalled my JSE2 Java thingy (yes, great terminology for an ex-computer science student)
Then unistalled Limewire
Then reinstalled Java
Then reinstalled Limewire... I have downloaded the on-line and off-line versions to end up with the following results:

Limewire setup dialog box telling me to allow access (which I already have)
AND, the limewire box in the background just "loading HTML engine" I know it's not loading cause there is no activity going on with my internet connection!!!!

I'm lost... what have I done wrong... Why isn't it working?

right that is the exact same problem i am having , this bloke just explained it a lot better .
any ideas
thank you in advance