LimeWire: First Look

LimeWire is an extremely popular, peer-to-peer file-sharing program based on the Gnutella network. The version 4.0 series ups the ante with a combination of feature tweaks, an updated interface, and better all-around performance.

In this First Look video, take a quick tour of the app and learn how to screen out illegally shared content.

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Topics:: Windows Software,; File Sharing

Tags:: LimeWire,; P2P,; file-sharing,; First Look

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Can't connect in Vista..

by adrian785 June 24, 2007 8:18 AM PDT

I've tried installing 3 times on my Vista machine but Limewire fail to connect all
the time..Can anybody tell me why?

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Can't connect
by DrDave11 June 24, 2007 5:20 PM PDT: I went to the Limewire Forum and this seems to be a common problem, yet nobody seemed to have an answer. Norton seemed to be the root of all my connection problems with Vista. It was a 60 day "free" and I've never been a big fan, so I uninstalled it. Limewire works great!; Like this

Probably...
by theastronomer June 25, 2007 8:28 AM PDT: Your firewall. Try disabling your firewall real quick and then open Limewire and try to connect. If you are successful then you must enable the port that Limewire is using in your firewall settings. Good luck!; Like this

Re: "Can't connect in Vista.."
by ultimate_mex_hustler June 25, 2007 8:47 AM PDT: Hey Download the beta version 4.13.8, that seem to work for me, ive been using it for 2 weeks now and have no connections problems.; Like this

re:Can't connect in Vista..
by zshortyz June 25, 2007 3:15 PM PDT: try disconnecting then reconecting, i have windows vista and that usually fixes the problem. Also try disabling your firewall for limewire they sometimes block limewire.; Like this

offline installer
by PCforlife June 25, 2007 7:17 PM PDT: When I first tried installing limewire I also got that same problem...then when I
looked closer on the limewire site, there's an option to download the offline
installer. The only way to get it is from limewire's site, not a download hosting
site like download.com or anything...anyway so you go to limewire.com, click on
download and go through all the steps and actually begin to download the
program and then on the page that the download starts from, is the option to
download the offline installer. Hope this helps!; Like this

offline installer
by PCforlife June 25, 2007 7:18 PM PDT: When I first tried installing limewire I also got that same problem...then when I
looked closer on the limewire site, there's an option to download the offline
installer. The only way to get it is from limewire's site, not a download hosting
site like download.com or anything...anyway so you go to limewire.com, click on
download and go through all the steps and actually begin to download the
program and then on the page that the download starts from, is the option to
download the offline installer. Hope this helps; Like this

limewire install

by flyerz79 June 25, 2007 12:00 PM PDT

have you tried adjusting your irq3 setting?

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that is lovely
by Lukasz Augustyn June 25, 2007 1:59 PM PDT: yeah its lovely; Like this

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by Lukasz Augustyn June 25, 2007 2:00 PM PDT: wfqwfwjsnflkwnf; Like this Reply to this comment

its time for frostwire
by Guild wars Rules June 25, 2007 7:06 PM PDT: now that limewire's filtering, its time to check out frostwire, totally based on limewire, without all this filtering nonsense; Like this Reply to this comment

Windows Vista
by CarFreak8394 June 25, 2007 9:13 PM PDT: I have Windows Vista, and LimeWire works fine on my computer.; Like this Reply to this comment

LimeWire until about 6 months ago was fine - but
by August 2, 2007 10:38 PM PDT: but now - it's horrible. Some virus like programs have apparently invaded thousands of computers using LimeWire and it takes 4 to 10 searches of the file you are looking for to appear - if ever.

Seems that the power users from the past have totally abandoned LimeWire for another P2P network. If anyone knows where they have gone to, please email me:
danaaronson@earthlink.net

Thanks

Dan; Like this Reply to this comment

Problems with my installation of limewire
by Sergio Quintero August 21, 2007 5:13 PM PDT: the installation part of lime wire is fine, downloading is the problem, it was working at first, but then, it stopped working, i cant download anything. it discconects its self. its telling me that is locked. or that the firewall is blocking it from downloading. what shoudl i do?; Like this Reply to this comment


by shotta92 April 14, 2008 5:58 PM PDT: I've tried installing 3 times on my Vista machine but Limewire fail to connect all the time..Can anybody tell me why?; Like this Reply to this comment


by phgonzalez1 December 8, 2008 6:50 AM PST: I just recently purchased a computer with Windows Vista and was attempting to install LimeWire. I run the installation but it stops half way giving me an error that it was unable to open unpack2000.exe file. Any ideas?; Like this Reply to this comment