our computer guy took the pc away cuz it had a flu virus and now when i click on limewire its saying there is a firewall stopping it accessing the internet?

how do i solve this?

thanks

carl

 

err turn it off

 

 

go into ur control panel and reconfigure ur firewall to allow limewire....

 

what firewall is it?

Most firewalls will say "hey hang on so and so is trying to gain access to the net, do you want me to let it in or not" and you say yes and off you go back to normal.

 

Not Windows firewall - unless you make an exception for a programme it just blocks it....

But Limewire claims that with XP and Windows Firewall, support in the Limewire app is intergrated, making temporary exceptions when you have Limewire running, to allow Limewire access through the firewall, which then shut again when you exit the programme....

In my expirience, thats not strictly true tho - not on my PC (I have Windows Firewall turned off as I have Zone alarm instead) and my sisters PC won't allow Limewire through even after I manually added it to permanent exception, and forwarded it a specific port through the router....

Turn it off however, works fine!

 

Bit of a pain in the ass doing that every time you start limewire, just download zonealarm and disable windows firewall, sorted

 

where is the control panel

 

HELP

 

Fuck Limewire off completely for starters

 

then what?>

i have million songs in the cunt which atm i cant access

 

Install Utorrent or Soulseek

 

nothing wrong with limewire ive been using it for years, got every single song i own from it i think

just install zonealarm its better than xp firewall anyway

 

i am not very computer literate, how can i in laymens terms get the COOOONT working again

carl

 

go into control panel, then find windows firewall and double click that. click on the exceptions tab, and then click add programme and just find limewire and add it, then it should work hopefully

 

i cant fidn the panel mate

 

START > CONTROL PANEL > WINDOWS FIREWALL

 

why?..for singles and music vids which i use it for it has never failed to turn up what im looking for and that includes some old stuff

and for albums then that is torrent territory

 

right gone to the firewall bit and limewire is already an exception but it sitll saying when try to load it up that it cant access the net becasue of a firewall what shall i do next

 

Your easiest option (as ive already said above) is to disable windows firewall and download zonealarm http://www.filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/

Well download it first and install it before you turn off windows firewall, when zonealarm is working start limewire then a box should pop up saying limewire is trying to connect, click on "accept" and thats it, should work fine then
Im using limewire/zonealarm combo so i know it will work

 

cheers chap but i have tried turnign off the firewall completey still no joy?!

but you think downloading that will work?

 

Hang on a sec, you turned the firewall off(a little red icon should appear in the system tray where the clock is?) and then limewire still says the firewall is blocking it? is that what your saying

 

have you tried hitting it with a hammer yet, or banging it hard on the side with your hand?

Other than that I can't help, i'm shite with computers

As Big G says above, once your sorted have a look at soulseek as an alternative.

 

why are people offering alternatives when limewire isnt the problem
Hard to do much when i cant see the pc myself.

 

hi gti itg, i have downloaded what you said tried it and no joy.

yes when i turn off firewall completely its saying it cant connect? argh

thanks for your help so far, just hope can resolve it soon

 

cos limewire isnae really all that good compared to others.

sorry for making a recommendation. As stated I know fuk all about computers but you'll also note I didn't say limewire was the problem, I merely pointed out a better site.

 

im happy with limewire, i have alot stored in there but cant access fuck all till it will let me use it

 

Are you 100% sure that you did actually disable windows xp and that you havent been into limewire and changed any of the settings?

 

I use bittorrent for everything, including singles and odd songs.

Just find a torrent with it in, album, compilation etc, and just untick the songs that you dont want, easy.

Unless your completely happy with the 128kbps MP3s of which half are fake of course, if you are, keep using limewire

 

I agree with Bigmouth^. Limewire was good in its day just like Kazaa was but with torrents and newsgroups about its just not worth it. Far too much shit, worms and fakes on limewire now. It was good when years ago when whatever you clicked was almost always genuine.

Public torent sites rarely have this and the sites you have to register for get there uploads checked and review by people plus they are uploaded by trusted users in the first place who upload often.

 

[quote="skeg"]I agree with Bigmouth^. Limewire was good in its day just like Kazaa was but with torrents and newsgroups about its just not worth it. Far too much shit, worms and fakes on limewire now. It was good when years ago when whatever you clicked was almost always genuine.

Public torent sites rarely have this and the sites you have to register for get there uploads checked and review by people plus they are uploaded by trusted users in the first place who upload often.[/quote

Yeah then you get some prat saying "dont download this its a VIRUSSS" and then everyone is uncertain

 

still dont work

 

you have been told twice.....i will make it 3



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