when i get through the "setup dialog" to the last step, i click "finish" and my computer freezes. i tried to delete and reinstall same problem. i have the newest java, but i took it and limewire off, put them back on, and still nothing different. any ideas?

have used limewire a lot and installed on several machines, but this computer is older and not sure if that is part of the problem but read several posts about similar probs on new computers with the setup dialog but in different stages, most recently jackie tanner's post (7/17/06). this is a pentium 3 running about 750 mhz, windows 98se, plain old dialup, and intel 810 graphics chipset (not sure if that is an older version of a graphics card?). i installed limewire and java's newest, then removed both and reinstalled, then ran ccleaner, tried removing the folders that the middleearth poster recommended. still nothing (btw, i do like ccleaner, thanks )thanks for any help.

Could it be that the newest Java isn't compatable with Windows 98 ?

Just a guess.

BTW this old computer doesn't have much RAM does it ?

That could be a big issue

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