Thanks for your help LOTR. I'm a newbie so I ask that you be patient with my lack of knowledge in this area . I looked in my programs and listed are the Java programs I have installed.

J2SE Development Kit 5.0 Update 2
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 2
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4
Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.3.1_02
Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.4.0_01
Java Web Start

If I remove all of these Java programs, what effect will it have on my PC? I know other applications use Java. Also, what do you mean by "offline Java installer"? Where do I turn on show hidden folders?

Thanks in advance for your help.

tellajoy
LimeWire 4.12.6
Windows XP, SP2

PS. I upgraded to 4.12.6 on 9-18-2006 and until now had been very pleased with the outcome. I also updated my firewall and antivirus recently but set them to allow limewire. I had used LW sucessfully after my virus and firewall update. Somehow nothing I click on in LW does anything now.