The standalone.zip had some problems.
ConTeXt Standalone (or is it now ConTeXt Suite?) now refers to what was
ConTeXt minimals.
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone
There is no standalone.zip; so perhaps you tried the old standalone
distributed by Hans.
Aditya
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