Ummm...have you tried changing skins?
Do you get a grey screen with the freeze? There are some more fixes for freezes here, see if any apply to you
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=39600

Try downloading a file from here, see if you still freeze
http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

What version of LW are you using & what Java? You did try uninstalling Java & reinstalling LW & Java, right?

Can you provide this info.

OS, Windows 98/2000/XP
CPU, P4 3.0 GHz/AMD 64 3200+Ghz
Memory, 256MB/512MB
Graphics/Video Card & Platform NVIDIA/Intel Extreme/Radieon & model #