ty 4 ur reply,i have windows 98 and have very little running in background.even if i download a new song the same happens.however b4 i upgraded i had no trouble with the songs.i had to move old songs in2 new limewire ,it was i did this i got trouble.have no idea how 2 fix this.songs will play on2 real player but not from. limewire. so i removed real thinking mayb this would help..not so. any move sugg. ty vm again.