limewire greatly slows pc while downloading

[mtmer1]

If I try to download more than 3 files at once it greatly slows my computer to the point of my mouse being choppy and a few second delay when clicking my start menu button in windows. Eventually all my downloads will stop and become corrupted. I used to be able to download 10 files at once with no performance issues then one day this started happening. I didn't change any settings that I remember. Anyone have an idea of whats wrong? I have an athlon xp2700+ with a gig of ram and many gigs of hd space available.

[mickjapa108]

Recently there's been a problem with people not providing enough details about their setup - despite being asked again & again.

So let's make it easy for everyone...the details that we need if we're going to be able to help with complex problems are:


1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?
Post this info and we will try to HELP

[mtmer1]

Here's my info:

1. OS version? Win XP sp2

2. What firewalls you have? Norton Internet Security, it's disabled most of the time though. Whether its disabled or not does not affect my problem.

3. How much ram? 1 gig

4. Hard Disk space available? 50+ GB's

5. Connection type? 5+ mbps cable

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? linksys router model befcmu10

7. Where are you trying to connect from? home

8. What version of LimeWire & Java do you have? Limewire 4.10.9, Java 1.5.0_03

9. Who is your ISP provider? Mediacom

10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? It works

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? No

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. I've never had this issue in 2 years of using limewire.

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? No.


My downloads don't actually corrupt like I said orriginally.

[mickjapa108]

mtmer1.
The latest version of java is Java 1.5.0_09 Use the off line installer, not the
(reccomended) one.Delete currant java first If that dont fix it shout
Oh! Turn limeWire off when installing java
Peace.

[mtmer1]

Updating java fixed the problem. Thanks. I still don't understand why this happend all of a sudden with the old java.

[mickjapa108]

mtmer1
I should have said, Sounds like your java has become corrupt.
But went straight to the fix sorry Glad it fixed it.
Peace

[Brice3010]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Thanks mickjapa108!!! I had this problem now for months..; as soon as i started limewire, all pc's on my network slowed down to a crawl. Deleting and reinstalling java on all of them fixed the issue.