Hi this is my first time posting to this forum. I've been using Limewire for several years now - never had a problem with it, and it always seems the safest client (for me anyway) to use. But lately, this new version and the previous one have given me horrible problems - if anyone could help I would be extremely grateful.

Ok what happens is (and only with these new versions) is the moment I click Limewire to open, the system freezes for about 5 secs and crashes. And a very quick blue screen comes up (for 2 secs) and then the whole comp restarts and when my desktop loads, the error msg is "the system has recovered from a serious error". This has never happened to me, and all the other programmes I have do not cause this, only Limewire. I've run Stinger, Norton Anti-Virus, Microsoft Anti-Spyware and Ad Aware, and it didn't affect the problem at all.

Another thing - it won't crash every single time. Say out of every 3 times I use it, it'll crash twice. And I also uninstalled it and re-installed it. The same problem happened.

Can anyone help at all? I would be very grateful. Thank you.

Blue Screen of Death (BSD) is generally hardware related or out of date drivers. Make sure all your drivers are up to date, such as for graphic card, cpu/microprocessor, etc. Sometimes it's bad RAM. This is not a LW problem, it's just that LW is acting as the catalyst for BSD to happen. It 'could' well happen with another progam.

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Thanks for replying. I'm using a laptop, so I went to the manufacturer's website and there doesn't seem to be any new drivers available. Erm is there anything that could be the matter?

Hmm they should probably have drivers somewhere on the net.

Here's some BSD links (a bit of browsing thru): 1. Link 1, 2. Link 2, 3. Link 3, 4. Link 4
And see if there's anything that might be relatable to your Laptop.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

If the Lords suggestions do not work you might want to try the link below you will have to register at the site and download some diagnostic software but they may be able to help with your problem.


http://www.norbiesworld.co.uk/

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