I have th same problem, and get this in the error log thing.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x6D1B0F85
Function=Java_sun_awt_font_GlyphList_discardData+0 x5675
Library=C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_01\bin\fontmanager.dll

Anyone know how to make it work? My machine is windows 2000 with 256mb ram.