Sorry, I am replying to my own post to supply more info you might need. I'm running Win ME on a P IV 1.5G, 384MB, 20GB with about 3 available, and a cable modem. This same configuration worked very well in the past when I was running LW. I have a firewall which asks me for permission for any program to connect to the internet. Normally, I would start LW, it would launch, and then my firewall would pop up a window saing that Java wants to connect to the internet, and I would click OK. Now when I click on LW, there is no launch and no connection attempt.