This thread offers some suggestions for people having a problem with a grey screen:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=39600
@wattersr
You might want to try a complete new installation of LW. Uninstall LW and all Java versions, download the newest JRE offline installer of Java, install it and reinstall LW:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
That might do the trick......