Hi blue

Been watching my LW CPU usage in process viewer, and it stays 13-26%; sometimes getting up to 50. This is in leaf or Ultrapeer on my G3 700 iBook, 286 RAM, & all the updates on 10.2.4. I'm only sharing 37 files/1.54GB at the moment.

Are you sharing lots of large files that are in high demand? You could try unchecking the connect on startup preference, and only connecting once the hash was completed--the hashing can be consuming. You might be able to isolate whether the hash or the connection attempts were causing the 100%. The hash is supposed to be limited.

The Java update hasn't affected me (we might see LW using 1.4 in the next few days).

2.9.8 is the current version today. I'm guessing you already did the safe boot/permissions fix, so disabling Ultrapeer is all I can suggest for now. poster jannuss might know more.

Two more thoughts--have you tried the install with a newly created admin user? That would tell you if it's a hardware or a software problem. Secondly, are you in an area where you'd be in high demand as an Ultrapeer? (just a thought).