Maxima does not start



Hi all. I'm new to Maxima. When i try to start xMaxima, after some time it says:

"Starting Maxima timed out. Wait longer?"
If I click "Yes", it waits a while and then gives me the message again. If "No", it says "Error starting Maxima: Starting Maxima timed out".

The software never worked for me.

I'm using Windows XP Professional.

Can anyone help?? Thanks in advance,

Gilberto Luna.