hey sberlin, sure......your help would be appreciated....the error reads as follows:

An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x6d043c7a
Function name=Java_sun_java2d_loops_DefaultComponent_IntIso morphicCopy
Library=C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\awt.dll

Current Java thread:
at sun.java2d.loops.DefaultComponent.IntIsomorphicCop y(Native Method)
at sun.java2d.loops.IntRgbToIntRgb.OpaqueBlit(Unknown Source)
at sun.java2d.loops.RasterOutputManager.performOpaque Blit(Unknown Source)
at sun.java2d.loops.RasterOutputManager.compositeSrcD st(Unknown Source)
at sun.java2d.loops.RasterOutputManager.renderImage(U nknown Source)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.renderingPipeImage(Unknow n Source)
at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawImage(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WGraphics.drawImage(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run(Unknow n Source)
at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent(Unknow n Source)
at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierar chy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarch y(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x00405000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\javaw.exe
0x7C900000 - 0x7C9B0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
0x7C800000 - 0x7C8F4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77DD0000 - 0x77E6B000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77E70000 - 0x77F01000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x77D40000 - 0x77DD0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77F10000 - 0x77F56000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
0x77C10000 - 0x77C68000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x6D420000 - 0x6D4F7000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll
0x76B40000 - 0x76B6D000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
0x5CD70000 - 0x5CD77000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll
0x5B0A0000 - 0x5B0A7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll
0x6D220000 - 0x6D227000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\hpi.dll
0x6D3B0000 - 0x6D3BD000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\verify.dll
0x6D250000 - 0x6D266000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\java.dll
0x6D3C0000 - 0x6D3CD000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\zip.dll
0x6D340000 - 0x6D348000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\net.dll
0x71AD0000 - 0x71AD9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
0x71AB0000 - 0x71AC7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
0x71AA0000 - 0x71AA8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
0x71A50000 - 0x71A8F000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\mswsock.dll
0x76F20000 - 0x76F47000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
0x76FB0000 - 0x76FB8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
0x76F60000 - 0x76F8C000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x66580000 - 0x6658F000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\pnrpnsp.dll
0x662B0000 - 0x66308000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
0x71A90000 - 0x71A98000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
0x6D020000 - 0x6D12A000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\awt.dll
0x73000000 - 0x73026000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x76390000 - 0x763AD000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
0x774E0000 - 0x7761C000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x6D1E0000 - 0x6D21B000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x69500000 - 0x69A26000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvoglnt.dll
0x10000000 - 0x10008000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.0.7\LimeWire20.dll
0x7C9C0000 - 0x7D1D4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x77F60000 - 0x77FD6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x773D0000 - 0x774D2000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
0x5D090000 - 0x5D127000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
0x091A0000 - 0x091A5000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.0.7\BrowserPage.dll
0x6D270000 - 0x6D275000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\jawt.dll
0x76B20000 - 0x76B31000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ATL.DLL
0x77120000 - 0x771AC000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x73760000 - 0x737A9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
0x73BC0000 - 0x73BC6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x76FC0000 - 0x76FC6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
0x09260000 - 0x09267000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.0.7\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
0x0A260000 - 0x0A267000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.0.7\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
0x77B40000 - 0x77B62000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Apphelp.dll
0x77C00000 - 0x77C08000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
0x6D320000 - 0x6D340000 C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\jsound.dll
0x72D20000 - 0x72D29000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
0x76C30000 - 0x76C5E000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
0x77A80000 - 0x77B14000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x77B20000 - 0x77B32000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x76C90000 - 0x76CB8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
0x72D10000 - 0x72D18000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
0x77BE0000 - 0x77BF5000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
0x77BD0000 - 0x77BD7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
0x59A60000 - 0x59B01000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DBGHELP.dll
0x76BF0000 - 0x76BFB000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL

Local Time = Thu Jan 13 22:13:43 2005
Elapsed Time = 1733
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# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.3.1_04-b02 mixed mode)
#