Hi all, Turns out "SSH Tectia Client" software was the problem. As soon as I removed it all the JAVA issues went away. Jerry ________________________________ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Hendrickson (jerryh) Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:27 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Design Compare and Stroke editor not starting Hi all, I've been trying to get Design Compare and stroke editor to work in WINDOWS XP PRO. It works fine on Solaris (UNIX) but I get a JAVA error on my Laptop and desktop running XP. Has anyone seen this problem? Is there a work around? Here is the first part of the error log: # # An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine: # # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x03203ab3, pid=1124, tid=2880 # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.2_13-b06 mixed mode) # Problematic frame: # C [fontmanager.dll+0x33ab3] # I have an SR in at Cadence, but so far nothing has worked I do have the latest version of JAVA and I even tried and older version just in case there was an issue with the new JAVA. Thanks for any advice. Jerry