I'm having exactly the very same problem, to the point that i've near gave up on trying to get it to run.

yea i'm in the same boat as you, the only reason why I actualy even signed up on this forum was maybe to get some help after several weeks of getting annoyed, i'm sure that when more people start coming forward they'll see it's not just "me" with this so-called problem since i was like the only one who posted, yet there are more then just me now posting about it too.

edit, I actualy was able to find a 4.12.8/11 installer yet still didn't work i know it had to have been older then that one because i really don't update much. ughgugugug

When I was fighting with it to get it to work, I read from one end to the other of this forum for something to point to the problem, but found nothing. I don't know what the problem is, but I suspect Limewire itself, or a permissions problem within Vista itself. After going to my wits end with it, I've just gave up. You name it, I've tired it. Installed and uninstalled every version of java I could get my paws on, ran Limewire in every compatibility mode listed, ran it as Admin, UAC on, UAC off. It opens, then closes, that's all I get for my viewing pleasure.

i agree with you, It's just irritating, check your logs though to make sure your getting the same error log that i am, if your not and your still having this issue it would suggest that theres more then one things causing this problem, if you hvae the same error log as me then it's something specific.

I've also done the same as you, except for the UAC(didn't feel it was worth it if admin rights didn't allow it doubted disabling UAC would).

this is some serious weaksauce

Back to the loonie farm i go for even fooling with this ...


#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_FLT_STACK_CHECK (0xc0000092) at pc=0x0252d069, pid=1396, tid=2212
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0_01-b06 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
# v ~RuntimeStub::resolve_virtual_call
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error Reporting Page
#
--------------- T H R E A D ---------------
Current thread (0x0480a800): JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_in_Java, id=2212]
siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000092, ExceptionInformation=0x00000000 0x015cef84
Registers:
EAX=0xffffffff, EBX=0x2c9a2d18, ECX=0x210f6d08, EDX=0x8c800001
ESP=0x015cef18, EBP=0x015cf028, ESI=0x210f6d08, EDI=0x20a807d0
EIP=0x0252d069, EFLAGS=0x00010216
Top of Stack: (sp=0x015cef18)
0x015cef18: ffff1272 ffff0120 ffffffff 025106ee
0x015cef28: 051c001b 200e2320 ffff0023 00ff00ff
0x015cef38: 000000ff 8c8cffff 0000008c ffff0000
0x015cef48: 00010001 00010001 0000ffff 08000000
0x015cef58: 4004c800 00000000 80000000 00003ff0
0x015cef68: c0000000 4010a0fe 92a00000 9de71b1d
0x015cef78: 0000400c 00000000 3fff8000 00000163
0x015cef88: 000002e8 00000163 21120c78 200e2150
Instructions: (pc=0x0252d069)
0x0252d059: 00 00 83 ec 6c dd 34 24 9b dd 24 24 dd 5c 24 6c
0x0252d069: dd 5c 24 74 dd 5c 24 7c dd 9c 24 84 00 00 00 dd

Stack: [0x015c0000,0x015d0000), sp=0x015cef18, free space=59k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
v ~RuntimeStub::resolve_virtual_call
J sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.validateColor()V
j sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.<init>(Lsun/java2d/SurfaceData;Ljava/awt/Color;Ljava/awt/Color;Ljava/awt/FontV+102
j sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.createGraphics()Lja va/awt/Graphics2D;+23
j java.awt.image.VolatileImage.getGraphics()Ljava/awt/Graphics;+1
j java.awt.Component$BltBufferStrategy.showSubRegion (IIII)V+136
j java.awt.Component$BltSubRegionBufferStrategy.show (IIII)V+6
j javax.swing.BufferStrategyPaintManager.flushAccumu latedRegion()Z+48
j javax.swing.BufferStrategyPaintManager.endPaint()V +84
j javax.swing.RepaintManager.endPaint()V+47
j javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(IIII)V+68 4
j javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(IIII)V+83
j javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(Ljava/util/MapV+188
j javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions()V+46
j javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions()V +73
j javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities$ComponentWor kRequest.run()V+36
j java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch()V+47
j java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Ljava/awt/AWTEventV+26
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilter s(I)Z+156
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(I Ljava/awt/Conditional;Ljava/awt/EventFilterV+30
j java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(L java/awt/Conditional;Ljava/awt/EventFilterV+4
j java.awt.Dialog*****run()V+23
j java.awt.Dialog$3.run()Ljava/lang/Object;+4
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub

--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------
Java Threads: ( => current thread )
0x06a5dc00 JavaThread "UDPHostRanker" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5228]
0x06a5d800 JavaThread "HttpClient-IdleConnectionThread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5432]
0x06a5d000 JavaThread "HttpClient-ReferenceQueueThread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5924]
0x06a5cc00 JavaThread "MulticastService" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=984]
0x06a5c800 JavaThread "QRPPropagator" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5928]
0x06a5c000 JavaThread "ContentProcessor" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2528]
0x06a5bc00 JavaThread "Image Fetcher 0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5900]
0x06a5b400 JavaThread "Thread-8" [_thread_in_native, id=548]
0x06a5b000 JavaThread "GWebCache urlfile" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4000]
0x06a5a400 JavaThread "IconLoader" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4440]
0x06a59c00 JavaThread "Image Animator 2" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=6028]
0x06a59800 JavaThread "IdleThread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5448]
0x06a59400 JavaThread "Timer-0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5856]
0x069b3800 JavaThread "TimerQueue" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4476]
0x0493f000 JavaThread "Deadlock Detection Thread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5712]
0x04936400 JavaThread "NIODispatcher" [_thread_in_native, id=2608]
=>0x0480a800 JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_in_Java, id=2212]
0x04807800 JavaThread "Image Fetcher 3" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5276]
0x04806c00 JavaThread "AWT-Windows" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=5012]
0x04806800 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=3620]
0x04806000 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3076]
0x0244c000 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2596]
0x02445000 JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4316]
0x02444000 JavaThread "Attach Listener" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5808]
0x02443c00 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1544]
0x0243cc00 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=524]
0x02434000 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4780]
0x00aa7800 JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=3236]
Other Threads:
0x0242b000 VMThread [id=840]
0x0244c800 WatcherThread [id=5436]
VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)
VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None
Heap
def new generation total 2304K, used 1032K [0x20010000, 0x20280000, 0x209e0000)
eden
[error occurred during error reporting, step 190, id 0xc0000092]
Dynamic libraries:
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0x76ec0000 - 0x76fde000 C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
0x76c30000 - 0x76d08000 C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll
0x75780000 - 0x757d5000 C:\Windows\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x76de0000 - 0x76e2b000 C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll
0x757f0000 - 0x7588e000 C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll
0x75a80000 - 0x75b3f000 C:\Windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x76a10000 - 0x76ad3000 C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x77050000 - 0x770fa000 C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
0x76fe0000 - 0x7700d000 C:\Windows\system32\WS2_32.dll
0x75890000 - 0x75896000 C:\Windows\system32\NSI.dll
0x74320000 - 0x7433e000 C:\Windows\system32\ShimEng.dll
0x755e0000 - 0x7560c000 C:\Windows\system32\apphelp.dll
0x6d1d0000 - 0x6d257000 C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcLayers.dll
0x75f40000 - 0x76a0e000 C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x75b40000 - 0x75c84000 C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll
0x758a0000 - 0x7592c000 C:\Windows\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x75630000 - 0x7564e000 C:\Windows\system32\USERENV.dll
0x75610000 - 0x75624000 C:\Windows\system32\Secur32.dll
0x727e0000 - 0x72821000 C:\Windows\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x75060000 - 0x75074000 C:\Windows\system32\MPR.dll
0x6c970000 - 0x6cb80000 C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcGenral.DLL
0x744b0000 - 0x744ef000 C:\Windows\system32\UxTheme.dll
0x74130000 - 0x74163000 C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll
0x73fe0000 - 0x74018000 C:\Windows\system32\OLEACC.dll
0x75490000 - 0x754fa000 C:\Windows\system32\NETAPI32.dll
0x75770000 - 0x75777000 C:\Windows\system32\PSAPI.DLL
0x741f0000 - 0x74205000 C:\Windows\system32\MSACM32.dll
0x74d90000 - 0x74d98000 C:\Windows\system32\VERSION.dll
0x727d0000 - 0x727d5000 C:\Windows\system32\sfc.dll
0x73c00000 - 0x73c0d000 C:\Windows\system32\sfc_os.dll
0x75ce0000 - 0x75e68000 C:\Windows\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
0x70d10000 - 0x70d1c000 C:\Windows\system32\dwmapi.dll
0x75950000 - 0x75a74000 C:\Windows\system32\urlmon.dll
0x75c90000 - 0x75cd5000 C:\Windows\system32\iertutil.dll
0x6e910000 - 0x6e915000 C:\Windows\system32\SHUNIMPL.dll
0x75930000 - 0x7594e000 C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
0x76b60000 - 0x76c27000 C:\Windows\system32\MSCTF.dll
0x757e0000 - 0x757e9000 C:\Windows\system32\LPK.DLL
0x76ae0000 - 0x76b5d000 C:\Windows\system32\USP10.dll
0x10000000 - 0x10010000 C:\PROGRA~1\KASPER~1\KASPER~1.0\r3hook.dll
0x75210000 - 0x753a4000 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6000.16386_none_5d07 289e07e1d100\comctl32.dll
0x6d7c0000 - 0x6da07000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\client\jvm.dll
0x7c340000 - 0x7c396000 C:\Windows\system32\MSVCR71.dll
0x6d310000 - 0x6d318000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\hpi.dll
0x6d770000 - 0x6d77c000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\verify.dll
0x6d3b0000 - 0x6d3cf000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\java.dll
0x6d7b0000 - 0x6d7bf000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\zip.dll
0x6d000000 - 0x6d1c3000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\awt.dll
0x6e7f0000 - 0x6e8d6000 C:\Windows\system32\ddraw.dll
0x6eb30000 - 0x6eb36000 C:\Windows\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x04e00000 - 0x052aa000 C:\Windows\system32\nvd3dum.dll
0x6d2b0000 - 0x6d303000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x6d570000 - 0x6d583000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\net.dll
0x74c90000 - 0x74ccb000 C:\Windows\system32\mswsock.dll
0x74da0000 - 0x74da6000 C:\Windows\System32\wship6.dll
0x6d590000 - 0x6d599000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\nio.dll
0x74a20000 - 0x74a58000 C:\Windows\system32\rsaenh.dll
0x74920000 - 0x74926000 C:\Windows\System32\wshtcpip.dll
0x017a0000 - 0x017a7000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
0x017c0000 - 0x017c7000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
0x017d0000 - 0x017e0000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll
0x76e30000 - 0x76eb4000 C:\Windows\system32\CLBCatQ.DLL
0x747d0000 - 0x74833000 C:\Windows\system32\FirewallAPI.dll
0x74eb0000 - 0x74ec9000 C:\Windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
0x74e70000 - 0x74ea5000 C:\Windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.DLL
0x753c0000 - 0x753eb000 C:\Windows\system32\DNSAPI.dll
0x74e60000 - 0x74e67000 C:\Windows\system32\WINNSI.DLL
0x74e40000 - 0x74e60000 C:\Windows\system32\dhcpcsvc6.DLL
0x73d80000 - 0x73d8f000 C:\Windows\system32\NLAapi.dll
0x72610000 - 0x72618000 C:\Windows\System32\winrnr.dll
0x75ef0000 - 0x75f39000 C:\Windows\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x72350000 - 0x7235f000 C:\Windows\system32\napinsp.dll
0x72330000 - 0x72342000 C:\Windows\system32\pnrpnsp.dll
0x727c0000 - 0x727c6000 C:\Windows\system32\rasadhlp.dll
0x071c0000 - 0x071ca000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
0x72cb0000 - 0x72d36000 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.6000.16386_none_87e 0cb09378714f1\comctl32.dll
0x6ab90000 - 0x6adb3000 C:\Windows\system32\NetworkExplorer.dll
0x73ec0000 - 0x73f77000 C:\Windows\system32\PROPSYS.dll
0x76d10000 - 0x76ddf000 C:\Windows\system32\WININET.dll
0x77040000 - 0x77043000 C:\Windows\system32\Normaliz.dll
0x70780000 - 0x70887000 C:\Windows\System32\shdocvw.dll
0x07260000 - 0x07285000 C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0\scrchpg.dll
0x6eea0000 - 0x6eeb2000 C:\Windows\System32\ntlanman.dll
0x6f380000 - 0x6f388000 C:\Windows\System32\drprov.dll
0x6edd0000 - 0x6eddf000 C:\Windows\System32\davclnt.dll
0x72260000 - 0x7226a000 C:\Windows\system32\cscapi.dll
0x5a500000 - 0x5a54e000 C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\fsshext.8.1.0178.00.dll
0x72110000 - 0x721ab000 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a 1e18e3b_8.0.50727.312_none_10b2ee7b9bffc2c7\MSVCR8 0.dll
0x74530000 - 0x746da000 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.gdiplus_65 95b64144ccf1df_1.0.6000.16386_none_9ea0ac9ec96e712 7\gdiplus.dll
0x74360000 - 0x74412000 C:\Windows\system32\WindowsCodecs.dll
0x70900000 - 0x70995000 C:\Windows\System32\cscui.dll
0x741a0000 - 0x741a9000 C:\Windows\System32\CSCDLL.dll
0x68d70000 - 0x68fde000 C:\Windows\system32\wpdshext.dll
0x716a0000 - 0x716e6000 C:\Windows\system32\PortableDeviceApi.dll
0x747a0000 - 0x747cd000 C:\Windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll
0x74f60000 - 0x75051000 C:\Windows\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x750a0000 - 0x750b2000 C:\Windows\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x07330000 - 0x07359000 C:\Windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
0x6b4b0000 - 0x6b4ef000 C:\Windows\system32\audiodev.dll
0x6a900000 - 0x6ab56000 C:\Windows\system32\WMVCore.DLL
0x6d430000 - 0x6d469000 C:\Windows\system32\WMASF.DLL
0x6d3e0000 - 0x6d3e6000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\jawt.dll
0x07490000 - 0x074b3000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\dcpr.dll
0x75e70000 - 0x75ee4000 C:\Windows\system32\COMDLG32.DLL
0x74280000 - 0x74298000 C:\Windows\system32\OLEPRO32.DLL
0x74950000 - 0x74971000 C:\Windows\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
0x750c0000 - 0x750d1000 C:\Windows\system32\SAMLIB.dll
VM Arguments:
jvm_args: -Xss64k -Xms32m -Xminf0.10 -Xmaxf0.25 -Xmx128m -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=false -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -DLIMEWIRE_PREFS_DIR="C:\Users\BUTTFACE\AppData\Roa ming"
java_command: LimeWire.jar
Launcher Type: generic
Environment Variables:
PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\ Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System 32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\PROGRA~1\DISKEE~1\DI SKEE~1\
USERNAME=BUTTFACE !
OS=Windows_NT
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD

--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------
OS: Windows 2000 Build 2195
CPU:total 2 family 15, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, mmxext, 3dnowext, 3dnow, ht
Memory: 4k page, physical 2096064k(902024k free), swap 4194303k(2617688k free)
vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0_01-b06) for windows-x86, built on Mar 14 2007 00:24:02 by "java_re" with unknown MS VC++:1310

Tis showing "Windows 2000 Build 2195" ^^^ because i was attempting to run it in compatibilty mode. I've sevaral logs with the same error "EXCEPTION_FLT_STACK_CHECK (0xc0000092)" in all compatibilty modes.

haha yep same error, whats your system specs since they say it's drivers

Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 Motherboard, and all that goes along with that.

AMD 64 2X 4200+

7300GT Video card

320 Gig SATA

Using onboard Realtek audio, latest drivers.

Point me to the problem driver, i'll remove it, and watch Limewire open, then close.