I have had an issue with reinstalling Limewire in my pc for about month now I've done everything from follow the instructions that LOTR said and with no luck.

I'm running the following set up on my PC
Windows XP SP 3
AVG 8.0
CCleaner
Windows Firewall
80 gig harddrive
512 ram
1.6ghz processor
Current Java
Internet Connection is Comcast Cable High Speed Internet

It gets as far as Save Folder & Share Folder in the Setup menu and then it locks up my PC and I am force to Ctrl Alt Delete to be able to do anything with my PC.

I have even tried Frostwire and Phex with no luck as well...Any idea would be a huge help.

So you've been able to install LW in the past? Which was the last version that installed properly? What's changed since then - new hardware, new/updated software etc?

Have you tried installing older versions of LW, to see whether the problem's version related? Try the older version in post #4.

Have you been able to install other p2p apps that aren't Java based (LW, Phex & FW all are)?

Try the version of BearShare mentioned here & see whether that installs: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/open-d...sabotaged.html

Did you try reverting back to an older Java version (in the 'fixes for LW' link, there's a link to an older Java)? When you switch Java versions, are you making sure to run only the one version of Java at a time?