Blender Crashing ...

Hello, My name is Bobby im new to blender and just wondering why its automatically closing on me when I go to [file] then click [user preferences] it will shut blender down…?

thanks

nilla

Try updating your graphics card drivers
Make sure you are using the latest version of blender from blender.org

If you want to get to user preferences you can always change the 3d view window to a user preferences window from the drop down list in the bottom left corner of the window
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface/Window_types

thank you i used the 3d view window worked great!