I believe it's the Java 5 Update 2 that's causing the problems.

I seen in my Downloaded Programs Folder, that there was three entries. One dated as 12/06/2068...interesting.

I completely wiped out LW. Cleaned the reg, defrag...ya know, the usual stuff...nothing changed.

I uninstalled Java 5 Update 2....reinstalled LW....and VOILA!!! No more 99% CPU usage, and the program is back to running the way it should.

Now, the Java utility is telling me there's yet another update to v5, but I am not sure this is a good thing when it comes to LW.

If anyone has both updates in their Add/Remove programs, I suggest uninstalling LW, then Update 2...then reinstall LW and see if they have the same effect.