#Basic limewire old version archive
#Basic limewire old version upgrade
#Basic limewire old version pro

The program also plays/previews music files and uses Windows Media Player to show video. We did notice one small bug: An icon on the bottom of the program reported that it had detected a firewall, though we had none enabled.

LimeWire doesn't offer Ares' chat rooms but does serve as a media librarian for your whole PC, even handily displaying music by artist, title, and other tags. Then again, the free version of LimeWire yielded only 50 unique hits in our generic search for cars, whereas we saw upwards of 200 in uncapped Ares, and about 100 in the similarly limited free version of Kazaa 3. However, LimeWire is so well designed and the ads so low key that we didn't mind plunking down the cash. Under some circumstances, say, if we were using the obnoxious Kazaa 3, we might resent this.

#Basic limewire old version pro

Unfortunately, LimeWire Basic intentionally limits the number of files found during searches-a fairly obvious inducement to purchase the Pro version for $18.88. Little usability embellishments, such as automatic removal of cancelled downloads (this is a tedious, unintuitive two-step procedure in other P2P clients) and direct connection to known IP addresses for exchanging files with friends, made us feel that the designers actually use the program. Not only that, we found LimeWire's interface exceptionally attractive, well thought out, and easy to use. The uninstall also leaves the Java runtime environment on your machine.Īfter the blinding advertising blitz, courtesy of the free version of Kazaa 3, LimeWire's relative lack of ads brought us a sense of peace. Perhaps this is to help speed upgrades, and the files are easy to find and delete manually, but we'd like a totally clean uninstall, please.

#Basic limewire old version archive

Spybot Search and Destroy gave LimeWire Basic a clean bill of health, though our uninstall left about 15MB of JAR files (Java ARchive files) in the C:ProgramsLimeWire directory. But everything's in plain sight, and the only thing that's loaded is the program and the cross-platform Java runtime environment that's built into the installation routine. Installing LimeWire Basic is easy, though it requires clicking through a number of dialogs and warnings about P2P usage.

#Basic limewire old version upgrade

The excellent online help, supereasy interface, and flawless operation during our testing make the $18.88 upgrade for the unfettered Pro version seem quite reasonable. Still, since it doesn't scatter junkware all over your PC like some P2P clients, LimeWire is a great way to see if P2P is for you. We were totally psyched until we found out that searches were limited to about 200 hits, including duplicates, which means far fewer unique files.

Not only did the program prove completely spyware-free in our scans, there's only one tiny, inconspicuous advertising link down at the bottom of the page to distract you while you're working. Not having played with LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing app, since it went spyware crazy a couple of versions ago, our hands-on experience with the latest version came as something of a surprise.