I paid for, downloaded and installed the newest version of BearShare Pro a few days ago. After doing that I noticed that Internet Explorer wasn't working very well. I thought it was because I had a lot of old games and programs installed on my computer that I don't use anymore and that was making it slow. So I formatted my hard drive and installed WindowsXP Home Edition fresh.

After doing all of the Windows updates and installing all the drivers and programs that I use on a regular basis, I noticed that Internet Explorer was still running slow...

... what I found was that when I started my computer up, Internet Explorer works perfectly fine until I started BearShare. After doing that Internet Explorer would not work! Even after I turn off BearShare it would not work! It would only work normally again after I reboot the computer!

What happens is this...

I start up Internet Explorer... I type in a URL. The status bar says "Connecting to site: 23.145.12.123" or whatever IP address. It stays this way for about 30 seconds.

Then it says "Website found. Opening Page" it then stays this way for minutes and minutes and never shows the page at all.

So I tried formatting again and just doing the updates and drivers and only installing 1 program... BearShare... SAME PROBLEM!

I tried the FireFox browser and it works fine... until I start up BearShare... after that the FireFox browser won't even load when I click on it.

Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? I used free BearShare for a long time then I bought it now it is messing up my computer!

If anyone has a solution I would appreciate it. Thank You.