Don't get excited, as I'm no expert, but I have had experience of the 'Loading Core Components' freeze that seems to be a commonly reported issue in these forums...

My copy of LimeWire almosts always seems to stall at this stage of the startup process - I've often booted it up and then switched to another application, only to find the LimeWire splash screen stuck at that message 10 mins later. This has also occured when LimeWire is the only application running.

Thankfully, this have never caused any serious problems for me, as a simple click on the splash screen seems to motivate it to completing the whole startup procedure and get on with the business of file sharing like it should.

This sounds like an improbable fix (and something that others have surely tried in frustration) to a common problem that has people tearing hair out here, but I thought it would be worth sharing.

Fingers crossed.