There's obviously a reason why it doesn't work on your setup. Have u ever attempted to find out the reason? There's multiple sections on the forum dealing with various issues that some people face that's related to their particular setups or upon them customising LW properly to suit their setups. Not everybody's comp is the same. Before putting it out to the trash in favor of an app that does Gnutella a lot of damage, why not see why it is that you can't quite set it up for your comp? There's plenty of people around to lend a hand if u have the patience. And after all, u said you'd been using it for 3 yrs. What's a while longer.