Hi jst got your message about trying uninstall java ??? do i really need to do this as i used to have limewire running smoothly up until a couple of days ago?? because it froze i uninstalled and reinstalled with this new 4.12 version? but now it freezes on this set up dialog pop up box ? Also I went to add/remove progs. like u said and I have a few java mentioned there? which one do i remove ???? java 2 runtime environment SEv1.4.2_03 and _06 also J2SE runtime envirnoment 5.0 update 2, 4, and 6 ???? Sorry im a bit of a dunder head !!! but please help! doh !