Yes - LimeWire seems to take a long time to finish a file now - I suspect it may be hashing the file or something. Give it time - it will finish the download.

Yes - While LimeWire is doing whatever it does, it can put a serious crimp into everything else (you tend to lose ultrapeer connections and other downloads can slow down or stop altogether).

I don't think that LimeWire does this for every file but it certainly does occassionally.

At the moment - patience is the solution - it will sort itself out given some time.

Mark