Just to report that I get the same error as Writers_Block when trying to simulate. My steps are:

Genesis 3 Figure > Collision Object, default settings

(Hair choice) > Hair > Use Vertices Neighborhood, checked, distance 0.5, Softness 0.1, Distance min 0.30, and then apply parameters and generate.

Hair parameters: Genesis 3 Preset selected, Computer head vertices, show hair vertices, generate springs and finish.

Simulation: Inertia checked, everything else at default. Start static sim is followed by the Violation d'accés a l'adresse error message, exact same as Writers_Block. I am using the newest version of VWD as well, 64 bit on Windows 7!