Trouble opening to grey page

hi i downloaded the vvvv softwear and the dx plugin thingy in case it didnt work and theirs so many folders that appear with the softwear when i open it but i dont get grey screen. what could it be. i have a dell with windows xp profesional

“theirs so many folders that appear with the softwear when i open it”
not exactly sure what you mean with this… typically after unzipping you have one directory called
vvvv40betaXX
which includes several other directories and files. doubleclicking the file:
vvvv.exe
will startup vvvv with its startup-patch.

ja?