What the hell???? Pure grey screen with the limewire title at the top!

scar69 · #21 (**permalink**) February 9th, 2005

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Originally posted by Peerless
had you installed any M$ updates (like SP2 which apparently has their fekked version of Virtual Machine again) just before this occurred? I had some 'small' issues with Java after I installed SP2...'small' to me means I was able to deal with it the second try, but it was still a very annoying PITA to have to go through...

Nope, I've had SP2 since it came out. I have my system set to automatically download and install updates.

scar69 · #22 (**permalink**) February 9th, 2005

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Originally posted by Peerless
well...I have 2 suggestions...the first is a last resort, but would almost certainly work...reformat and reinstall...

the second is to try this forum out: http://www.techsupportforum.com/index.php?s=

I've found it to be populated by some pretty knowledgable ppl

Thanks for the suggestions. I checked out the forum and after searching through I found a fix.
http://www.techsupportforum.com/show...highlight=Java

After seeing this thread I remembered I made some changes to my video card settings for gaming. I just can't believe I have been installing and reinstalling and rebooting for the past two days all because of a couple of video card settings. Oh well its working now, thanks for the help everybody.

sberlin · #23 (**permalink**) February 9th, 2005

Great to hear you got it working, scar69. Thanks for letting us know and pointing to the link for future users.

scooter1130 · #24 (**permalink**) February 13th, 2005

Thank for the link scar. I installed a new video card for gaming last week and have had the same problem with LW since. I tried everything from updating to 4.4.4 and updating java as well as reformatting my HD which was needed any how for other reasons. Never even thought it could be a simple video card setting, but it solved the problem.

everettb007 · #25 (**permalink**) May 22nd, 2005

I figured out the problem...if you have your video card override the anti-alias settings for programs, instead of application preference it messes it up

XeroSkillz · #26 (**permalink**) June 5th, 2006

so what exactly should i fix on my video settings because i have been tweeking my video settings for my games should i just set them to default?

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