Limewire freezes at startup

When I start Limewire the box that says that it is starting up will go white and my whole computer will start lagging so bad that I have to restart it. Please help!!

i got a slower computer. i noticed when limewire started up, i'd see something about digital audio access protocol.. then my computer would lag up, often causing me to kill limewire through task manager.

go to Tools -> Options
Click on the iTunes tab
Go to Sharing
uncheck the Share my Music box.
press apply
restart Limewire

It might also be graphics card related; see The way to fix the Blank screen on startup