Major memory/cpu leak

[lookche]

I dont know if anyone else is experiencing this, but limewire is taking up 100 percent of my cpu (Celeron 1 Gig) and about 150 of 512 megs of ram. On 4.8.0 Pro there was no problem. I also use XP Pro (no service pack).
Does anyone have any ideas?

[lexein]

Which version are you now using?
4.8.1pro
or 4.9.0 beta?

[lookche]

I'm using 4.9.2 beta

[lookche]

Thanks for that. 4.9.2 was virtually unusable it was that slow...

[spearson]

lookche,

LimeWire 4.9.3 beta has been released.

Here is what zab said in the LimeWire 4.9.3 beta thread:

* Overall, LimeWire will use much less memory, and will behave better when there are other applications using the hard disk extensively.

You can read a summary of the changes in the LimeWire 4.9.3 beta thread. I hope this helps.

[deacon72]

I know this is a late post but if you have email notification on upgrade to Beta 4.9.7. Thanks

i wonder why you have no service packs... a pirated version of windows perhaps :-(

[lookche]

Nope, just don't like them. Like the dreaded security features in SP2 which make any program which wants the internet not work......

[ultracross]

ya know you can disable winxp firewall. i personally dont like having firewalls on my pc, so i use a NAT router that has a built in firewall. hardware firewalls are faster and more stable than software firewalls.

[lexein]

Oh, brother.; disinformation and troll alert.
If you're going to run an MS product like XP, and if you care about the privacy and integrity of the data on that machine, and you don't want to automatically be a spam server, you'd better get SP2 and all updates up to about July 14 at least.
First, WinXP isn't really complete without SP2.
Second, no-SP raw XP is so rootable that Sasser (for example) can appear in your machine within seconds of being connected to the Internet.

I encourage use of software and hardware firewalls, if frequently updated AND regularly tested. Both have advantages and disadvantages. A SWFW is portable - important for laptops and lanparty gamez machines. But a HWFW is "set and forget", can protect servers from DOS, and can't be as easily turned off by a trivial vuln poke (as Norton's could be).