I also have troubles with both Limewire and Frostwire crashing.

I am running Windows XP SP-2 freshly installed, all updates and the current Java. Actually I let Frostwire do a web-install of Java as neither application seems able to 'see' an existing Java VM on my computer. I choose Frostwire to install the Java VM as it requests the current VM where Limewire Pro downloads an earlier version of Java for some reason. And yes the crashing occurs on the older Java too. Now.

With both programs the whole system crashes and reboots after a random period of time. This interval decreases with each new attempt to use the applications. Limewire tends to run about 2-3 times longer than Frostwire before crashing, but in both apps the TTTCFS (Total Time To Crash From Startup) decreases with each restart.

I had no troubles with earlier versions of Limewire. And actually my current Limewire Pro rarely crashed before I tried Frostwire. But now it crashes regularly, the same as Frostwire (it just runs longer before crashing). These intervals start out at about 30-40 minutes shortening down to just a couple of minutes after several restarts. I have re-installed Windows to no effect.

What gets me here is that I had no trouble with Limewire until I tried Frostwire. Removing Frostwire and even reformatting my HD (just the one where they and the OS reside) does not correct the problem. They both continue to crash. And it is only them. I can continue installing everything else with no crashes, unless I try Lime-FrostWire again. Then reboot city.

I hope someone has some ideas about what may be causing this behavior as other than the crashing these are two fine programs.