When it's working OK, Limewire is the best.

Shareaza, Bearshare, Soulseek and Kazaa deliver poor search and download results in comparison. But at least they don't operate problematically.

I still get a computer-freezing 100% cpu usage with Limewre, despite trying various combinations of older and newer versions of Limewire and Java, as suggested here.

I have no viruses, adware etc.

On my other computer, the latest Limewire and Java work together OK.

Exactly why is Limewire so problematic for so many, and not for others?

Short of reinstalling Windows XP, any suggestions?