Ok, the plot thickens I have home networking with my main computer having the broadband connection, running XP. I reformatted an old computer with Win98, got it into the network, and downloaded Limewire to it. Guess what, after running Limewire for a few minutes on the Win98 machine, my main computer with the broadband connection proceeds to freeze up (not the Win98 machine), just like before. And of course I lose the connection. Oh well, guess I'll wait for another update to Limewire and hope for the best. I am running out of options here.