Windows Xp kept crashing last week on my PC;(the message on a blue page saying that Windows will have to shut down on account on an error probably linked to either a pilot or peripherals)

So I decided to restore the whole system as found when buying it and now it works as clockwork. There's no brickwall when LimeWire opens, and all I did was close Windows firewall and give my router and Trend-micro antivirus the instruction to allow Limewire in.

So I suppose when the machine is "clean" from all the small programs or software we have downloaded over 2 or 3 years and Limewire is installed right from the beginning things run smoothly. I know it's kind of a bother having to restore the whole thing through and through but it's often the best way of overcoming our problems.