Try using the old version of java. It may have updated when you installed the new versio of LimeWire. It's seems some machines work better with the older version.
Don't forget to remove both the J2SE devolpment kit along with the J2SE Runtime. The updated version is 1.5.0_01. There is a link to the prevision java version here.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...hreadid=34661.
There also have been some problems with the New ATI drivers for the Radeon series video cards(Display adapters). One member resolved the problem by rolling back to the previous version of the drivers.
Let us now what happens, and good luck
LotR beat me to the button.