Here is what I did... used a win98 boot dik and did a low level reformat, master boot record format and re-installed a fresh, custom copy of XP with only the services I needed. I knew something was making it run slow before, so I installed one app a day and ran them, tested it. When it came to limewire/limeshop and the java console, I installed them and instantly my box was running slow, something was killing the memory useage. I just figured out how to get all three uninstalled and guess what, my box is haulin *** again. Dont get me wrong, I love limewire and it runs great on my dell laptop, but this dell 2800mhz box just doesnt like it, sorry. It is probably more the java virtual machine that LW but thats the reason to have one or the other for me so I iced them all.