Hi and welcome...

Please understand that I am not blowing you off here with the following reply...

What I hope I am doing for you is reducing the time it is going to take you to solve your probs...

So, having said the above, please do a search within these Gnutellaforums for similar problems...

There are currently several issues related to newer versions of LimeWire that are causing many problems for many people.
Especially updates and Java installs...

It is probable that you will find the solution(s) for your problem(s) far quicker by checking out the existing threads and posts.

Obviously, if you have no joy and your problems persist, post again and eventually someone here will get you back 'on the air' !

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