Locks Up Again
 

It seems to lock up after about 1 min into program. If I start doing searches it starts ok, then all of a sudden the mouse cursor is gone. Total lock-up, I can't even get the control/alt/delete keys to respond, to end program. I am getting very tired of having to re-boot with even the pro-version. I have even done a clean limewire install. Better see what is up with the code on the pro version 2.1.1 and the conflict with possible windows XP Home Edition or something. I will attempt it one more time. I really would like to share music and stop having to re-boot everytime I start the program.

i have the same problem
 

dude i feel ya, i got the same problem.

Re: i have the same problem
 

Kinda sucks! I paid $6.00 bucks for a faulty source code that don't work. I asked for a refund and never got a response back. What's up with this company?

Same problem
 

I'm having the same problem, 5 mins into seaching or downloading everything freezes up. I press Ctrl, Alt, Del
and the window comes, saying Limewire (not responding).
I can't belive I paid money ($8.00). Why isn't Pro 2.1.3.
like the old limewire? And another problem I'm having since
"buying" Limewire Pro, whenever I start my computer the
Limewire window opens, the one with the folders 'shared'
and 'incomplete'. How do I stop this from happening?
I am really not happy with this. Someone please help me or
Iwant my money back.

Is anyone getting these problems on non XP machines? We've been unable to reproduce any of these problems here, so any more information would be helpful.

Thanks.

Make sure you are at the latest version of Limewire. I have experienced several different issues with other versions. I have downloaded the newest (free) version with XP, IE 6.0, 600 MHz, 640 MB Ram, 50 GB hard drive and I encounter zero problems with Limewire 2.2.2.

Until now, I have had the same problems.

Windows XP
 

Here's a tidbit of info about windows XP (home or pro) it released with an issue with java. The only cure is to uninstall the version of java that limewire installed on your system ... the go to sun microsystems http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html and download the windos xp compatable java client.

Be sure to unistall the version that limewire installed before installing the version that you download.

On next limewire start it will say that it cant find javaw.exe and ask if you want to locate it yourself ... it will be in C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1\bin

Enjoy.
Bobo

Thanks Ryan!
I made this a sticky.

Hopefully this will help solve some of these XP problems. Please let us know if this solution works/doesn't work.

Avi

xp
 

I have not had a problem with XP locking up after you start limewire. The only reoccuring problem I have is that if you go outside of limewire while it is running to explorer or IE, and type any key on your keyboard, it preforms an illegal operation and shuts down.

Are you running McAffee antivirus? If you are, try closing it down in the system tray. Does this solve your problem?

Avi

The freeze-ups sound like a video driver problem. Beleive it or not, many IE6 and XP problems are solved by upgrading your video driver. (This is because windows is a GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.) The problem may manifest itself with Limewire, but I bet getting updates - and running updates from windowsupdate.com will help.

I had the same problem then some. My basic Limewire works fine, but the constant barage of "Update to Limewire Pro" finally wore me down and I bought the $9.50 upgrade, figuring that if the basic works with XP, so does the Pro. WRONG! I got the same freeze up problems you did, PLUS my ADSL crashed and I had to manually remove all the limewire software, saving my music to desktop, reinstall my ADSL software, then re-download the Limewire basic.
AND, I can't find any link but this to ask for a refund of the upgrade! Good luck to you all. I am however, happy with basic and overall, I think Limewire is an okay deal.
Rodney

It's XP, not Limewire
 

I had tremendous problems after I loaded XP onto the machine with Win98. I finally ended up losing ALL of my downloaded files (over 1200 mp3s), when FAT 32 became unstable and made the computer refuse to startup AT ALL. The quick fix- reinstalling XP with the "new" file system NTFS, failed. I believe because traces of the evil FAT32 remained. I have had to format the drive, reinstall XP and everything else yet again.

But XP then told me that Java was "damaged" so I downloaded from Sun the newest version. Thus far no problems. I'll just be busy putting the files back on the machine from cd's and downloading the ones I hadn't backed up.

I don't think the problems lie with Limewire, it's either the thing on the desk or the thing on the chair. In addition, the problem with corrupt files seems to have stopped with the download of new hot Java.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

xp!
 

You may have a point, that it is XP and not limewire that causes all the problems.
But still, if XP freezes only when limewire is around, it is most likely limewire's "fault".
XP isn't a really good os, as the rest of the win32 systems, and it's not ment to be stable.
But limewire REALLY bugs my system.

Some of it is mainly Sun's fault, for creating Java in the first place. But most of it is Limewire, that leaks memory like a incontinent old dog.

Limewire freezes up my Internet Explorer, my Netscape Navigator and my Explorer.exe. That I can live with, but when limewire freezes my computer, I get some serious issues with it..

Some unregistered user replied to one of my erased posts that it is my video drivers being out of sync, that causes my computer to freeze. Then explain why in gods name it doesn't freeze up when I'm not running limewire. Explain why limewire accesses my graphical adapter in a way that causes it do break. Explain why my network-load suddenly stops when "my graphical adapter hangs". There's something very fishy about the limewire, and I don't like it.

I've been reinstalling limewire and java in different orders now a couple of times, but nothing seems to help. And frankly, that's not the way I use software. That's a little too much magic for me, having the reinstall and reinstall to "get it right". It's not a stinking kernel i am installing, it's a java-klient to the gnutella network.

And quit erasing my posts, even though they are offensive to the limewire client. It should be taken out the back and get a real good bashing, it should! :)

It's not just XP
 

I've been having problems with freeze-ups and system crashes ever since I loaded LimeWire 2.5.5 (earlier versions never crashed even once), and I'm absolutely certain it's not XP -- I'm running Win98SE. I posted a message about this on another thread,and so far the only reply was from someone who said they've never seen LimeWire crash . . .

limewire locks up in windows 98 also
 

Yes...I seem to have the same problem and i am running windows 98. It worked fine for awhile and now has stopped. I cannot get it to restart with alt/delete...have to shut down cpu....this is a real pain in my butt.

On my 500mhz Athlon 384M ram Win98se machine
 

Hi,

My two cents worth of data on this subject:

I have a cable connection that sometimes downloads at better than T1 speeds(>190MBs). The upload speed is only around 65Mbs though.

So... I enter T1 as my speed and connect to 10 'hosts'. I then start downloading many files. When I reach somewhere around 15 downloads and 20 'requeries' going all at the same time I have about a 50% chance of locking up my whole system. I've done this with 2.5.5 and 2.6.3, it is fairly repeatable.

I have never been able to notice what was happening on the upload side of things when this happens. I suspect that I might have had several uploads going at the time.

I figured this was an issue of system resources so I didn't worry too much about it. In my case if I connect to no more than 4 'hosts' I can have all the downloads going that I want without a problem.

I have noticed that when LW is trying to auto connect to hosts It gets REAL SLOW in responding at the download window. Again, I figured this was a system resource issue so I don't worry about it.

Ken

Windows 2000 lockups
 

I was cruising along fine and happy with LimeWire 2.6.5 Pro and JRE 1.3.1, and then I decided to install LW 2.7.3 Pro and JRE 1.4.1. And that's when all my troubles began . . .

I'm running Windows 2000 SP3 on a Celeron 500 with 256 MB RAM, an nVidia GeForce 4, a SoundBlaster Live! Value, and a D-Link ISA NIC. Since installing LW 2.7.3, I've had problems with the system spontaneously locking up, seemingly at random, even when I'm not running LimeWire. When I am running LW, I can expect the system to freeze within a minute or so. I share roughly 5000 files, although 2.7.3 has never gotten through the process of sharing these out, for obvious reasons.

Hangs outside of LW usually occur when I have Mozilla loaded, which leads me to believe the problem may reside in some Java module that LimeWire loads or installs, since that seems like the only point of commonality between the two programs. My other thought is that the problem is a driver issue, given that the system hangs completely (no three-finger salute). I've tried running LimeWire with JRE versions 1.3.1, 1.4.0, and 1.4.1, with identical results.

Unfortunately, I overwrote my LW 2.6.5 installer. If anyone has a copy, please let me know. I'd be perfectly happy rolling back to the older version.

Thanks!

Tom

Adios, LimeWire
 

Well, it looks like the good folks at LimeWire don't care to announce the fact that version 2.7.3 is a massive disaster, and their only response to all the complaints I've been reading appears to be to stonewall.

While BearShare lacks the tabbed searching feature that was so useful in LimeWire, it's a lot nicer in many other ways, so I think I'll test drive that for a while.

The posts about Java are right on the money.

It is my experience that whatever PC you buy or have now that has an MS OS as its OEM, don't upgrade it more than one level unless you're buying mid-OS release, in which case, look to buy those PCs that say they are pre-approved for the OS upgrade.

Wi*** to Win98 is okay.
Wi*** to Win98 to Win2K is not okay (unless pre-approved to Win98).

Win98 to Win2K is okay.
Win98 to Win2K to WinXP is not okay (unless pre-approved to Win2K).

Win2K to WinXP is okay.
Win2K to WinXP to Win$$ is not okay (unless pre-approved to WinXP).

Get the idea?

Don't overtax your PC's OEM config with multi-generation upgrades. Get over the idea that PCs are eternally upgradeable. They are not. Not yet.

Cant even open program
 

I cant even open the program on my Xp comp.i also use it on my old windows 98 comp. fine but on my XP it gives me a messeg saying

Commmand line parametrs:
/L language ID
/s Hide intialization diolog. For silent mode use: /s
/v/ qn.
/v parameters to msiExec.exe
/UA <url to InstMsia.exe>
/UW <url to InstMsiw.exe>
/UM <url to msi package>

I want to fx this!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
How do I?:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

SOMEONE ANSWER ME PLEASE!!!!!!!
i mean look at this

C'mon please??
 

Does anyone have a fix to prevent the limewire/xp freeze problem? I have even reformated my HD and did a clean install of XP. I have also removed all versions of Java and Limewire, dowloaded the latest limewire and installed, removed the java that came with Limewire, and went to the site to download the XP compatiple Java. I am still gtting a complete system freeze when running Limewire and have to reboot. I am running a Nvidia MX 400 graphics card. Does anyone have any ideas or solutions. Do the folks from Limewire monitor this board? If so, at least give me an answer or something, please.

Thank you

XP Lockup
 

Yes, I have the exact same issue. I am running XP Professional and LimeWire 3.2.0 Pro. Initially works, then locks up. Then works, then locks up ... you get the idea.

And it happens every time I start the program. I have to admit that 3.2.0 seems to do it less than 3.1.0, but I am still disappointed. Hopefully this gets resolved soon. I check the update page regularly hoping for the best.

What java version are you using?

Java version
 

ooops. I think I found it.

Control panel says that I have installed
Java Runtime Environment Standard Edition 1.3.1_04.

Is that what you are looking for ? It is the version that came with my download.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

per suggestions in this thread, I uninstalled 1.3.1 of Java and installed the new one (1.4.1). I also upgraded LimeWire from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1. And it still hangs. Not only that, but it also brought my whole XP system down last time ! This is not what I was hoping for.

Also of note may be that when LimeWire runs and then hangs/runs/hangs etc. it also kills my MSN messenger connection and Outlook can no longer send/receive. Once I kill LimeWire everything else is fine.

Try Sun's 1.4.2 beta, that's what I am using on my XP system.

Beta Java ?
 

How do I get that version ? I can't locate it on the Sun site.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

Maybe this helps, - although I never had the problems you describe with any java version.

LimeWire still NFG with XP
 

Thanks for the link. I've downloaded and installed 1.4.2, and still have the same issues with LimeWire and XP.

I did the same thing, with a fresh DL of Limewire, and the above site to Java. My system still freezes up after a few minutes, to the point I have to do a hard reboot. I have an old PC I was going to reformat with WinME, and see if Limewire works OK there. Is this just an XP problem? Still looking for any help on my XP system.

Thanks

LimeWire still NFG with XP
 

It seems to be just XP, atleast that is my experience.

When I used the same version of LimeWire and Java on Windows 2000 Professional, it worked fine. After installing XP, however, LimeWire is NFG.

Ok, the plot thickens :) I have home networking with my main computer having the broadband connection, running XP. I reformatted an old computer with Win98, got it into the network, and downloaded Limewire to it. Guess what, after running Limewire for a few minutes on the Win98 machine, my main computer with the broadband connection proceeds to freeze up (not the Win98 machine), just like before. And of course I lose the connection. Oh well, guess I'll wait for another update to Limewire and hope for the best. I am running out of options here.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

I just downloaded and installed 3.2.2.

Same lockup problems, although it took longer for them to appear. It got my hopes up.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

I just tried 3.2.3.

Good news: XP does not lock up anymore !

Continuing bad news: With LimeWire running I lose my internet connection after a few minutes inside LimeWire and every other program that needs internet (newsgroup reader, Messenger, Outlook, et. al.)

Once I kill LimeWire I can re-connect all other apps and they re-connect just fine.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

3.3.1 locked up XP, now going to try 3.3.3 beta.

The search for a stable version that runs in XP continues ...

Hi guys

I'm on Mac OSX, but had similar lockup problems that took months to sort out. The main culprit turned out to be the p2p throttling software the ISP was using (CISCO NBAR--freely supplied). It allowed leaf connections and downloads, but made uploading very difficult and Ultrapeer connections unstable.

If others are finding XP works OK with LW, try talking to your ISP, or changing your gnutella port to some really high number, like 20400 or something like that.

Sorry for the interruption--thought it might be worth a try.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

3.3.3 beta had me hoping !

It ran for quite some time, then started locking up my machine. Eventually I had to re-boot.

I even tried the high-port suggestion (20400). No change.

I find it hard to view this as progress :(

What version of java are you running, Chris? If it's not Java 1.4.2 (final, not beta), try upgrading to that from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html.

Thanks, and sorry about the lockups. They happen randomly?

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

I believe I have the 1.4.2 java beta. I will download the final and let you know what the effect is.

LimeWire runs fine for a time. Up to an hour. Then the entire machine starts locking up for about 30 seconds, the fine for 30, locking up for 30, etc.

In the past, I have been able to just kill LimeWire and things settled down. Not with 3.3.3. I have had to re-boot.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

Your link points to the Java Standard edition with all sorts of stuff I don't want, and has a footprint over 200Mb. I'll stick with my itty bitty run time for now.

I went to the download page, and it says I have the latest.

If you choose "Windows Installation", under the JRE column, in the 'Download J2SE v 1.4.2' area [NOT the with Netbeans..], the download should be about 1MB.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

Oh.

And the period at the end of the link caused me a deal of grief until I figured out that was the problem. But all is well with the link now.

With LimeWire 3.3.3, it no longer hangs the entire computer. So that is good. It run for over 2 hours before it lost it's connection and took my other connections with it (Outlook could no longer send/receive mail, Messenger was disconnected, could not play internet backgammon (gads!)).

All apps recovered nicely once I shut down LimeWire.

That's good to hear it no longer freezes your computer, although still bad to hear it drops all connections.

Have you tried disabling Ultrapeer mode?

I also am having the same problem, see my previous posts. Running 3.3.4 with Java 1.4.2, with UltraPeer disabled. And still getting a system freeze after 3-5 minutes or so. However I am wondering if it the satellie connection I am using. Does the large satellite latency perhaps cause a problem? Although I doubt that would freeze my system up. As always, any suggestions appreciated.

XP Lockup continues after upgrades
 

For myself, disabling Ultrapeer seems to be working fine for me.

So now I have LimeWire 3.3.3, Java 1.4.2 final, Ultrapeer disabled, and a really high port number (20400).

This combination seems to be working so far. I have had it run for 4 hours and there were no problems.

So far, so good. Atleast for me.

You can also try disabling outgoing and incoming compression (Advanced -> Compression, check both boxes) and possibly the row stripes (View -> Row Striping) -- that seems to help speed things up on my slower computer.

I think it is hopeless. Did all the above suggestions, but still freezes my system after a minute or 2. At first I thought it was the Java, byt running the sample Java programs doesn't freeze up my computer. Only when I run Limewire. It never did this before XP. Guess I will keep trying the new Limewire versions as they come out, or wait until the next system software upgrade :(

Sorry about the lockups, Clem. We're trying hard to make LimeWire as lightweight and speedy as possible, but it's not very easy for a program this complex. All the options and different OSes that LimeWire runs on makes it difficult to test as well, because there's almost an infinite amount of configurations that can change how LimeWire works.

I assume you've tried running the 3.4.1 beta?

Adam is also working on some elegant changes to message processing, which should significantly reduce the amount of threads required (and in turn reduce the amount of memory and CPU required), so that might help stabilize things a bit, although I have no clue when it's going to be released even as a beta.

Thanks.

Got it working fine. The problem was I had an old version of the Directway software driving my satellite connection. Just downloaded the new software and for fun, tried Limewire again, with all the other changes that were suggested on this forum. Running perfectly. Thank you for your help.