Java checkbox missing in IE6 internet options

[Guest]

Hi,

I got WindowsXP/SP2 IE6 (note, I skipped installation of SP1).
I have installed, removed, and re-installed the latest Java JRE 1.5 several
times but still it does not work.

Pop up Error "Java Plug-in 1.5.0_11 is not installed properly" when opening
a webpage with Java activity.

While trying to run Java in an IE window, there is the error "Java Plug-in
detected JRE collision"

In IE6
Internet Options > Advanced: the checkbox Java(Sun) is NOT present. How to
introduce a checkbox in IE6? Via the registry

editor? I think the problem is with IE6, not with Java, although the Java
Installer should check if the checkbox is present in

IE6.

In control panel (classic view), I clicked on Java Control Panel, Advanced
tab, Settings, <APPLET> tag support and I ticked the

checkbox Internet Explorer, followed by Apply. However, an error followed
"Unable to Change Browser Settings. Please check if

you have sufficient permissions to change system settings". Note, I have
switched off all security software and have put the

IE6 security/privacy on Low. Still the problem persists.

So what is there to be done to fix the problem with Java in IE6??

Regards

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Check the permissions of this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\AdvancedOptions

 

[Guest]

Hi,

The permissions of AdvancedOptions are the following:
Administrators: Full Control=Allowed; Read=Allowed
CREATOR OWNER: Special Permissions=Allowed
SYSTEM: Full Control=Allowed; Read=Allowed
Users: Read=Allowed

All other checkboxes are not ticked.
Let me please know how I can repair this Java(Sun) problem

regards

 

[Guest]

I just noticed something.
AdvancedOptions has several underlaying folders, among which JAVA_VM. The
permission of JAVA_VM has one extra field called MJ (which is my username or
logon name) with Special Permissions=Allowed, all other checkboxes are not
ticked.
It looks like underlaying folders have more fields than AdvancedOptions.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Are you uninstalling all versions of Java via Add/Remove in Control Panel?
After doing that, in IE, go to Tools...Internet Options...General
tab....Settings...View Objects. Right click any Java Runtime Environment
entries there and click Remove - if any. Then via Windows Explorer or My
Computer, do any manual clean-up, if necessary, and delete these folders:

C:\Windows\Sun
C:\Windows\Java
C:\Program Files\Java

In C:\Windows\System32 - delete javaw.exe, java.exe and javaws.exe

Delete these keys in your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft

Then reinstall Java via the manual download method described here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000010300.xml
Test your install here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

Note from Sun Java support:
"Multiple versions of the JRE can be run in different browser sessions.
However, multiple versions can not be run in the same browser session.
Should this be attempted, the user is warned and the attempt will fail."

Do you have the MS Java VM installed on this computer?

 

[Guest]

Hi Jon,

I followed your instructions and it WORKS. Java works now correctly. Many
times Thanks. However, it didn't go easy.

The key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft and all its subkeys had nothing
in the permissions field, there was no info whatsoever in the permissions.
When I tried to delete the key there was an error "Cannot delete JavaSoft:
Error while deleting key"

I solved that problem but it took quite some time to find out how. I solved
the missing permissions of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft by adding
USERS\Administrator to the JavaSoft Key Permission field and gave it all
Write and Read permissions. After that I could delete the JavaSoft Key.
Java works correctly now. What a hassle, what a hassle.

By the way. I also have problems with Windows Media Player. I have sound
but never any video (always black). I reverted back several times to the old
version and forward to wmp10 but still the video itself does not work, not
any video in version (9, 10, 11) is working, sound always works though. It
looks like there is a problem with the wmp core engine itself. I think
something must be wrong with the registry keys. Do you have any idea how to
check out the wmp keys??

Note, if I double-click
c:\program files\windows media player\wmplayer.exe (version 10)
the wmp pops-up and plays sound but no image for *.wmv and *.mpg files.

On the ohter hand, mplayer2.exe (version 6.4.9) in the same wmp folder does
work correctly for *.mpg and *.wmv files.

Also mplays32.exe in c:\WINDOWS\system32 works just fine for *.mpg and
*.wmv files.

So what is going on with wmplayer.exe (version 9, 10, 11) in my case?
Is it possible to remove ALL components of wmp(10) and then reinstall from
scratch (clean install), as can be done with RealPlayer??

Johan

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Johan - Glad to hear you got your Java working. Thanks for the feedback.
Hopefully others will find it very useful. Good work on your part, too!

As for your WMP issues, see this general troubleshooting article for
possible help:

Frequently asked questions about how to troubleshoot issues in Windows Media
Player
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843509/en-us - especially scroll down to Q5
& Q6 under the "Solving playback problems" section.

If no joy, there are MVPs in the WMP newsgroup that would be able to offer
better help in this area:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...soft.public.windowsmedia.player&lang=en&cr=US