i appreciate the reply. i finally gave up on the installation and now even the java would not reinstall correctly. the java website has a button so you can check the download to see if it installed correctly, and the first time i put it on the computer the java website said it was ok, so i am not sure if it is a compatability with the old windows or not. but now the java website says i do not have their stuff installed, so i figured i would avoid messing up the computer further and give up on the limewire, since i am not so knowledgeable about what i am doing and the files i am deleting.

you are correct, there is not much ram, i forgot to mention that. i upgraded to 256 last year. funny to think when we bought it in 2000 we "upgraded" to 128 and the guy told us how much ram that was!!

Many people do manage to run it with 256 MB RAM even though it might be slow then.

Did you try the offline Java Install ? (It is recommended that you disconnect from the internet while installing it)

Try going with the 1.5 update 6

It seems to be working better than the others

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Just press the download button and then choose the offline installer