NetBeans Kepps Hanging At "Starting Modules"

[James Lightfoot]

we are using NetBeans (7.4) to create the program for this year’s robot (we chose Java over LabVIEW [i.e. G] and C++). We keep running into the same issue w/ NetBeans:

We install NetBeans and all requiste plug ins from FIRST
We start programming and all is well
Randomly we go to start NetBeans and it hangs on the "Starting Modules" stage.
We are not adding any other modules, updates, or other software. (The laptop we are using is dedicated to programming our robot, so it does not need anything else beyond what we are able to run before the hang up.
We always end up uninstalling then reinstalling NetBeans, after which it runs for awhile until hanging up at the same "Starting Modules" step again
After reinstalling NetBeans we are able to open the same Java project that we were working on before we saved it and turned of the laptop.
I cannot put any related events or triggers to the issue. It just happens at random.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated by me and the kids on the team.

James Lightfoot