just tried installing a different version of java seen as the one it gives me as default is clearly not right for a 64bit system, it still took a while but eventually loaded up, thanks to xnator for giving me the idea of trying a different version of java!

just tried installing a different version of java seen as the one it gives me as default is clearly not right for a 64bit system, it still took a while but eventually loaded up, thanks to xnator for giving me the idea of trying a different version of java! :clap: