As soon as i run lime wire its slowing my computer down to an unbearable level, Im using lime wire basic and have been doin so for the last 2 weeks all's been fine but the last couple of days as soon as i open the program it makes my computor run so slow i canot opperate anything, and my computer is making a funny intrmitant noise whilst limewire is running. As soon as i completely close limewire down all is fine again ive tried uninstalling lime wire and reinstalling but has made no difference ANY help would be much apriciated also the fault still persist wheater or not the internet is connected and internet seems to be working fine.

my computer details-

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name COMPUTER-33253D
System Manufacturer JETWAY
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1473 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 04/01/2002
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name COMPUTER-33253D\Computer
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 255.48 MB
Available Physical Memory 96.73 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 734.24 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys