Frequent LW crashes with Vista

[skollie14]

Running LW Pro 4.14.12.

First off - I have no problems with my Firewall etc. It worked from the getgo

I am experiencing LW freeze after a few days of operation. It seems to signal that it's about to freeze by a) slowing down which means that when I select a file for download it takes a minute or so to drop the file into the download folder.

When it does that is comes up with a message saying that (essentially) that LW has an internal error and that it needs to shut down or that you can continue what you are doing. Either way if I restart it loses my download library and all the files I have pains takingly research and readied for a download.

It does NOT crash Vista.

Some facts.
Using Dell XP dual core @2.66Ghz w 4gb ram
ATI Radeon x1300Pro.
1.5Tb HD's

The files I download are large (Audio books) typically >20mb and I will search and earmark sometimes over 500 (large) files. So my download library is pretty big

So I am wondering if I am stressing LW to the max and causing it to fail - anyone with idea's?

I am OK with rebooting but ticked off that I loose the library of files to be downloaded when this happens and have to start all over again

[birdy]

Is the freeze only happening when you're actively downloading?

Try the tips here: Reduce the drag caused by LW
To disable ultrapeer capabilities in new versions, tools > options > advanced > performance. While you're there, also disable Mojito DHT capabilities...that might help as well.

The Java version that you'll link to from that post is now Java 6 update 4.

If you still have the same problem, try this older version of Java. Download
the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java before you install this one.
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