Does Lime wire run on Windows XP ??
 

Does Limewire run on windows XP ??

it runs, but i'm having trouble deleting files once i dowload them

Limewire crashes Explorer in XP Pro
 

Limewire runs on XP Pro, but it crashes Windows Explorer when I access the start menu. I notice the edges of my start menu flicker when I'm running Limewire.

I seem to get that flicker to and wonderd if its my graphic card but good to know im not the only one.............

Im running windows XP and I notice my OS stops responding when using Lime Wire. I formatted and reloaded once thinking I had an OS problems but once Limewaire was installed My Explorer stopped responding. Does anyone knnow a fix for this? it also flickers alot as some of ou mentioned, plus if I play Audio through Limewire the MP3 pauses whenever I do something else.

wxp problems
 

Hi!
I have started to use limewire yesterday o my wxp and it works well... Except processor time consumption. Before I was using gnotella. There was a similar problem and I thought it was a bug. But now with LW it is much worse. Am I doing something wrong way or what? Please help me. I would like to stay tuned on gnutella network, but this problem makes it for me very uncomfortable! Only switching among windows (when LW window is opened) takes at least 0.5 seconds, while before it was done in no time. Games are very slow and I have to turn LW off when I want to play one :-/

Re: wxp problems
 

You might want to buy more RAM for your computer, that would speed things up a lot! If you have less than 128MB of RAM i suggest buying some more at your local electronics store. OR if your computer is more than 5 years old BUY A NEW ONE. The reason this is uncovered in XP is that XP uses a lot more memory than 95, 98, 98se, me did. But if you have enough memory, it's worth it. Also, upgrade to the latest version of LW

-Stealthspy

Re: Does Lime wire run on Windows XP ??
 

Yes, Limewire has stated that it DOES run on Windows XP offically, however some bugs are present but they do not prevent you from running the program. If you haven't already guessed......

-stealthspy

Make sure you are at the latest version of Limewire. I have experienced several different issues with other versions. I have downloaded the newest (free) version with XP, IE 6.0, 600 MHz, 640 MB Ram, 50 GB hard drive and I encounter zero problems with Limewire 2.2.2.

I'm on limewire 2.2.3 pro and it keeps rebooting my computer running windows xp pro after like connecting an hour or so. Anybody has this problem and a fix.

Have Nvidna G Force2 card have flicker issue also even with 2.2.3pro version. Noticed quiting you discribed earlier only with 2.2.1pro version.

LW 223pro user

WinXP issues
 

Most probably, these are not LimeWire issues, but issues within the WinXP kernel and one of your hardware drivers.
WinXP is a young OS, and has its own bugs, so that a bogous hardware driver may have their own internal resource leaks, such as interrupt handlers.
First check your graphics and IDE drivers, and your BIOS release, which are the most probable cause of internal OS hangs and blue screens. Many drivers have only been tested on Windows 2000, not on XP. Additionally, using a Windows 95 driver may raise these bugs. Using a Windows 2000 driver will solve most problems, if you don't have a certified driver for Windows XP. Also try to disable APM BIOS support which is not very well tested on laptops, because APM is best supported on notebooks.

I'm running XP on an HP notebook, and have never experienced any blue screen and reboot, but I have some on a Taiwanese laptop, probably due to a motherboard issue with asynchronous I/O. These bugs can occur in Office or even sometimes within the shell, even if LimeWire is not running.

So make sure that XP can run smoothly without LimeWire running, by testing it for a full night with just the screensaver. Check that the sleep/resume function works correctly without LimeWire running.
Finally check that you have the latest Java JRE installed (LimeWire provides you with a version of the Sun Java JRE, but you may uninstall it and install a newer version): some Windows XP issues are being solved by Sun, as some bugs are detected and patched in Java, or workarounds are included to solve some known XP bugs. Also check the Microsoft WindowsUpdate to get the latest service packs that solves bugs and security issues in XP.

For me, there is strictly no problem in LimeWire since version 1.8 and up to the current version 2.2.3 on Windows XP. If you had installed a previous version of LimeWire, use Adaware to remove old (now unsupported) ads-wares before reinstalling the latest LimeWire version. Don't upgrade LimeWire without first uninstalling it completely, as this won't remove now unsupported ads-wares.

Im getting the Flicker also with limewire Up and the Program menu open

Java 1.4
 

Update your Java to 1.4.....problem solved..much more XP compatible

http://64.124.140.247/Download5

Java 1.4 and LW 2.2.4pro does not install only installs with
1.3_02 version. I installed Java 1.4 after and LW did not work for me. I'm not a Java Guru here. But ended up re-installing Java 1.3_02.


Thanks for your support

LW 224pro user

To get the latest clean install of Java go to this page:
http://java.sun.com/getjava
Then click on the download icon at top of the page.
This will install correctly Java onyour machine.
If the automated upgrade does not work, you may hae a corrupted install of Java.
In that case:
- open the Windows control panel and click on Install programs/add hardware
- search Java in the list of programs, and unistall it: it will remove all corrupted registry keys
Then reinstall Java from the above link.

If this still does not work, delete the directory where Java is installed, and open regedit, goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
JavaSoft
Java RunTime Environment
Delete the key marked "Java RunTime Environment"
Then reinstall Java from the above link.
When the Java applet displays an animated cup of coffea, you can test the performance of your new Java RunTime by visiting the Java ShowCase on the same site , notably the 3D demos. It will convince you that Java 1.4.1 is great and adds a lot of performance gains face to Java 1.3, because its memory manager has been a lot enhanced and because its internal runtime optimizer generates better native code on both Windows and Linux.

For Macintoshes, the Java runtime is on the Apple web site:
http://www.apple.com/java
For now MacOSX does not have Java 1.4 but porting it is in progress by Apple.

For Mac OS 8/9, the only version supported by Apple is Java 1.1.8 (There's no support of the Java2 API, and Apple does not want to support Java2 on Mac OS 8/9). Note: MacOS 8/9 users should really consider adding memory upgrades to 128MB if they don't want to buy the upgrade to MacOSX. This will greatly enhance the user experience by improved performance and less disk swap in the virtual memory manager, notably if you want to use the QuickTime player used by Limewire to play MP3 files.

LimeWire can run on Mac with just 32MB of memory, but some users of MacOS9 have experienced "OutOfMemory" errors when running LimeWire. This problem does not occur with MacOS8, as long as there are not too many apps running in parallel.

I agree with the last post. I am running XP Pro and I had to revert to Java 1.3.1_04 to end my problems with Limewire 2.6.3 Pro.

Norm

Java 1.4.0_02 with LimeWire 2.6.5 Pro works like a charm for me on XP Pro w/SP1. Give this combo a try! ;)