1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
Win XP pro sp2
2. What firewalls you have?
don't use em
3. How much ram?
2gb
4. Hard Disk space available?
600gb/500 free
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
broadband 256kb/s
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
don't know about modem. router is linksys wrt54g
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex,
school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?
home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu
Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
latest limewire & java
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
ntl
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3
.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens
when you go there?
Worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
i have three other computers on my home network but my problem isn't connection related anyway
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
I am an experienced user who is experiencing this for the first time.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?
Actually yes but i don't use any firewalls

Ok i'm sorry if i was a bit vague before. I have been using limewire a long time and i can asure xcom46 that it does not use 75% of cpu certainly not ever on any computer of mine and i have regulary gamed and also ran numerous other programs at the same time with no lag whatsoever. On taskmanager limewire usually flashes between 01% - 04% cpu but hardly ever reaches 4% Except of course when the app is starting up. On my other main system Limewire is still operating as normal. However on this system task manager will still actually only show limewire to be using the regular 01 - 04 but the whole cpu usage gauge goes up and stays up above 40% and no other process is using anything near this and it's only when either limewire or azureus is running and actuallu utorrent which i've just discovered also. It is very strange to me indeed. The only change in my hardware that coincides with this change is when i setup a raid 0 config. So my o/s (and limewire) is running on this config but for the life of me i don't see why it should be causing this.
Thanks for all replies. Max.