well i had the virus talked about in the sticky above , or in the links in it ....
since the computer is new , i didnt hesitate to do a small restore back to the day i bought it ( less than three days ago ) and i also did a complete file / disc cleanup with it , and re installed limewire from limewire.com ....
im guessing i got the virus by downloading zips , claiming they were limewire pro , and they were not ... well things appear to be in order ...
i dont know much about viruses , or what they do or how they work , but im also guessing it stopped me from configuring settings , by closing the options window the second i opened it ...
it was hard to get help , when all these virus threads and posts are from the year 2005 ....
i guess this post is more informative , than asking anything but ,
is the problem over ? i restarted my computer a couple times , and everything seems in order ... but its too early to tell .. a list of my problems is in this thread
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...ng-window.html
thanks again