• "Originally posted by benyahuda Why do these programs hog all of my bandwidth."

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I know about the "Tools>Options>Uploads>Basic & Downloads" options. If I use that option to throttle Lime/FrostWire the very first tic on the slider reduces the Lime/FrostWire bandwidth to approximately 44 KBs. I was just curious why Lime/FrostWire wants to lay claim to ALL available bandwidth even if only a small portion is actually being used by the application. Other BitTorrent clients and download managers do not do this.

Back on topic. I'm going to try doing a search later with FrostWire (which seems to search best) and then after it crashes my system I'll uninstall it and reinstall the LimeWire beta (which doesn't crash) just as an experiment to see if the combination will give me a 'near FrostWire experience'.

Older versions did not crash my system. This behavior began with just the last couple of releases. Along with the LimeWire Beta which doesn't cause any crashes, older versions of LimeWire are stable also.

Thanks for replying to my post though. I'll try throttling the application to see if it will still perform adequately while I'm on-line, allowing me to use the net myself. If it works, it's not that big a deal to set and reset those options when needed.