I have tried installing the "lost files" from my XP CD - no difference.

What I have now noticed is that I opened up LW and left it running - did not do any downloads BUT when I checked on the pc an hour later, the screen display went into "safe mode", the screen resolution went to 800xXXX instead of my 1024x768 AND there was a message about an incorrect screen driver.

This is getting worse!

So lets see, I have corrected faulty files with my cd, changed the upload and download bandwith, rebooted the pc.

Is there anything else left to do other than throw the bloody pc in the bin? Wait! If LW is causing problems but not Winmx, Kazaa Lite etc...perhaps the software developers at LW may have a bug in their application?