Thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately, I did all that you recommended before I posted on this thread, just to make sure I wasn't wasting everyone else time and effort. Limewire has ALWAYS asked (intermittently) for installing the "Unreal" game disk, form the first version I intalled to now. The problem has never been corrected regarless of which version I've had running. But even these problems aren't the most aggravating; they are merely slightly annoying. The thing that gets steam to come out of my ears consistently is the frequency withwhich Limewire freezes, not my computer, but ISP program, so while I'm terchnically still connect to the net, absolutely no information is being exchanged---this too is nothing new regarding Limewire. It is really unfortunate since this application has such potential, but is so often disappointing and frustrating.