ermmm...whilst I use the Fbomb all the time, I gotta say that yur nick is a tad over the top for most any forum...

anyways, it seriously sounds to me like you've got some other issue besides LW...a type of issue usually caused by downloading some sort of BAD file...it wouldn't surprise me in the least bit if it was a file 'supplied' by the MAFIAA that was intended to make LW not work...now, since I have no earthly idea of just exactly what it did to your OS I can be of no help in that regards...but, I am quite sure that reformatting your HDD and doing a clean install and then reinstalling LW will work..sorry for the bad news, but its a fact of life if you wish to be a file sharer...I've had to do it quite a few times myself, so don't feel alone...