Problem Downloading Gimp, not sure what's going on. Options

[hamdainvincible]

So, I've been trying to download GIMP for a while now.
& apparently, it won't cooperate with me.

As I download it & start it up, it starts loading.
But when it gets to the point of 'searching for data (fonts, brushes, etc.)'...
it dies on me.
The program freezes & stops working.

When I click into the GIMP folder on my computer, there are no brushes in the brushes folder
& none of the data that should be inside the folders.
HELP ? I've tried to DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK that GIMP gives me if we have problems downloading.
& I have Windows VISTA.

(sorry if i broke the rules in anyway)
and I've tried downloading the older versions as well, none of them work.
I had downloaded GIMP before ( 5 months ago ) and then i deleted it because it was too complicated, and now i want it back, but it won't download. >//<