Sorry, I just need to say this.
Look at LimeWire's page for purchasing PRO.
If you buy the regular one, notice how they sell it...

"Get Pro for a single payment of only $24.95".

Better search resultsTurbo-charged download speedsConnections to more sourcesSpecial PRO only skin[B****** tech support via email[/B][B****** updates for up to 6 months[/B]

Where does it state you will only get PRO for 6 months for your $24.95. It states "Get Pro for a SINGLE payment". Who or what are free updates for 6 months? Did anyone actually need tech support until now? Witness, the sudden newbie posters.

Okay, then they have the nerve to follow up with....

NEW - extended value.
Extend your PRO benefits!
Get PRO for 1 year for only $34.95!


We are now privy to a time frame of usage.

But NEW was not an option in 2006. So, those of us who purchased PRO long ago, under the assumption it was a lifetime deal, got scammed by clever wording and backdoor marketing.

colleen if you click(About) where it says what is limewire read that it says quote ( basic a free version, or limewire pro an enhanced version with personalized technical support offered at &24.95 for 6 months and &34.95 for 1 year

Sorry, sweet pie.....I just don't see it....nor do I see it in their ABOUT tag...any price differentials or time purchases. It simply is not made clear to consumers.
There was no such thing as extended PRO usage.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy LW, don't have a large library, so this doesn't affect me much. But for the users who do depend on it, I feel for those newbie posters (like me) who wrote the exact same problem as I did, the newbie 1-2 year users,
coincidence...I don't think so.

Frankly, we can discuss this over and over until Britney gets out of rehab, fact is, some of us got screwed. It's not about lifetime membership to LW, it's about the purchase of PRO last year. These are two different things. Yes, some of us may have been scammed by purchasing LimeWire BASIC, but we sure in hell weren't scammed by LimeWire who directly scrolls their messages to upgrade...help us, help you....

But really, let's sue....let's get in line, all us scammed PRO consumers....we're just 156,900,445 in line.

they do beet around the bush a bit but that's what that mean when they say what I said they said which they did say personally im happy with my basic and I cant pay for pro cause im not rich ha ha

I know...why in the world would I buy super duper extended one year PRO, when I only used LW about 10 hours max .....a month, maybe 2 CDs out of it. Even then, when I had PRO last year, couldn't get ****! need more sources, need this and that....junk. I never got the songs I wanted. Never got the movie I wanted "****", got porn instead. LimeWire needs some adjustments, maybe a "kid friendly" approach.
Right now, I'm not too pleased with LW....awful, awful mindsets there in the boardroom, these execs eating sushi, deciding what we and our children download to achieve open protocols?? eh?
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I cant download any dong.

Have you peroused thru the Stickies in the Upload/Download section to try to find answers about these issues? MAJOR TOPICS for Upload/Download HELP. These problems are due to groups trying to destroy the gnutella network. Here's a few of such groups sponsored to destroy the gnutella network: (1) Overpeers, (2) MediaSentry, (3) Mediadefender. As discussed here what is happening to Limewire ?

Lord of the Rings, you are correct...I have not attempted to find out solutions as you prescribed....I was overcome by the loss of my LW PRO and flamed basically everyone. Sorry. I wish I had more manners than you....thank you, I truly like my LimeWire and having something removed from it feels....criminal almost. But I'm sure I'll survive. I can't hold back my feelings of being "slighted" though, I just feel I'm too old to be taken by an energy who wants to offer goodness.

I always back up my installers. I also bookmark my pro page. In that way, I can always fall back to a previous version if one seems to be too buggy or under-performing. Also the pro-page will show if I am nearing the end of my period of pro (they generally offer a discount for continuing with pro ... at least used to over the last 4 weeks of the period of support .. not sure if they still do.)

This is probably why I had problem. In the last year, I purchased (under false pretense it seems) LimeWire, then upgraded to PRO, then my computer died, had to upgrade OS to XP...yada, yada...then I switched my ISP, no wonder LW can't find me. But it's difficult to inform them of my new address, since they only receive paying customer's address'