whole pc slowdown HELP!!
 

hi, i run an amd 3200, xp sp2, 1024 ram, 840Gb hdd, adsl2+ (19.7Mb) connection. Whenever i open up Limewire (Beta 4.9.35), i proceed to dl a file. the dl may begin and may peak at 180-190kbs, then after about 2 seconds at that, and up to about 14-15% of the file, the speed drops to 0kb. my other apps begin to go funny at that time too. winamp plays slowly, firefox comes to a stans still, and msn messenger just plain sucks and wont reconnect. can anybody help me- i will be eternally grateful. seb.

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and sorry i forgot to add, that to finish a file i may have tp restart the pc/ application up to 10 times. seb.

did you scan your computer for virus and spyware. just to make sure

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of course mate, i scan every 3-4 hrs everyday. i am no rocket scientist (yet) but im not stupid. argh cheers anyway.

What version of Java you using?

You might want to give the .Limewire fix in the link below.


http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36420


It is also possible that you may have a bad Java install you may want to try the fix below after you do the .Limewire fix.

You will need to install Java and LimeWire manually First go to the first link.You can find Links to java in there Download Java to your hard drive by putting a mark in the save to disc box. Save it to my documents or wherever you save downloads from the internet. Do the same with LimeWire the second link will take you there.

Now with that done click on start then control panel add/remove programs and see if Java is listed on the list if it is uninstall it. Do the same with LimeWire if the un installers were not loaded you may have to manually delete the files. But in most cases this is not necessary.

Now click on the Java installer you saved to your hard drive and follow the instructions after you have completed that do the same with LimeWire.

Please post back and let us know if it worked. If it did not I will give further instructions on manually deleting Java and LimeWire.


http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36420


http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

thanks mate will give it a go.