This problem started yesterday for me and has continued today.LW launches and then freezes solid. I am running XP home with all updates on an AMD 2400+ with 512 of pc 3200. firewall is comodo, approvals are set properly. I have 25 GB of free disc space. I redownloaded the program and reinstalled it in case a file had corrupted...Same result.... LWFreezes soild at launch. By the looks of the posts here the issue is systemic not isolated. good luck :-)