Actually i just tried it again and it doesnt seem to be freezing my other apps this time... its just not letting me use limewire very well.

Now LW seems to freeze or pause for quite a long time before it will continue to search/download... then it will start working again..

The good thing now is that i dont have the beachball up and can use my other apps which is much better!!

We seem to be making progress!!!!!!!!!