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micky
Now I'm really confused, by Java Security Prompts.
Frequently on Firefox, I get a message that a script won't stop, and do
I want to stop it or let it Continue running (expecting that it will
finish on its own eventually, right?)
I used to sometimes choose Continue, but that always brought up the same
message a while later. Sometimes a pretty long while. So now I always
click Cancel.
In the same box is a check box, Don't ask me this questoin again.
After trying to figure out what both checked and non-checked, don't ask
and ask, would do, I decided to check Don't ask. expecting that the
next time it would have asked me, it would just Cancel the script like I
told it to this time.
Was I wrong??
Are these the "security prompts" that the message below, during
installation, is referring to? They must be because they are the only
messages I've told it not to display.
Yesterday I started to install the latest release of Java.
The new installation of Java I have almost completed installing, and I
have gotten a message box, quote:
Restore Java Secruity Prompts
Some Java security prompts have been hidden when you selected the "Don't
show this again" option. You can improve the security of your personal
information by restoring these prompts every 30 days...." There was a
little more, but darn, by accident I just clicked Finish or something,
and when I clicked Back, it didn't go back.
I had clicked on See more information and I got this, which is just as
confusing as the box was.
http://java.com/en/download/help/restore_prompts.xml
Restore security prompts by clearing previously remembered security
decisions. This article applies to: Java version(s): 7.0
Starting with 7u51, users are given an option to restore the security
prompts for any prompts that were hidden more than 30 days prior to
installing the latest Java release.
An option to hide a prompt in the future is included in some security
prompts that are shown when an application starts. To insure the
continued security of your system, it is recommended that you
periodically restore the prompts that were hidden**. Seeing the prompts
again provides an opportunity to review the applications and ensure that
you still want them to run.
To restore the prompts that were previously hidden, from the Java
Control Panel, click Restore Security Prompts. When asked to confirm the
selection, click Restore All. The next time an application is started,
the security prompt for that application is shown.
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**Why don't they just recommend that one never hide a security prompt.
That I not check the box that hides them? Why hide them and 30 days
later restore them. What about the 28 days in between?
Why do they have scripts that don't stop anyhow? It seems to me they
must be written wrong, but even so, why don't they put in a counter and
make them self-stopping, or if you stop them once, why not stop them
every time after the same number of iterations of the script?
Frequently on Firefox, I get a message that a script won't stop, and do
I want to stop it or let it Continue running (expecting that it will
finish on its own eventually, right?)
I used to sometimes choose Continue, but that always brought up the same
message a while later. Sometimes a pretty long while. So now I always
click Cancel.
In the same box is a check box, Don't ask me this questoin again.
After trying to figure out what both checked and non-checked, don't ask
and ask, would do, I decided to check Don't ask. expecting that the
next time it would have asked me, it would just Cancel the script like I
told it to this time.
Was I wrong??
Are these the "security prompts" that the message below, during
installation, is referring to? They must be because they are the only
messages I've told it not to display.
Yesterday I started to install the latest release of Java.
The new installation of Java I have almost completed installing, and I
have gotten a message box, quote:
Restore Java Secruity Prompts
Some Java security prompts have been hidden when you selected the "Don't
show this again" option. You can improve the security of your personal
information by restoring these prompts every 30 days...." There was a
little more, but darn, by accident I just clicked Finish or something,
and when I clicked Back, it didn't go back.
I had clicked on See more information and I got this, which is just as
confusing as the box was.
http://java.com/en/download/help/restore_prompts.xml
Restore security prompts by clearing previously remembered security
decisions. This article applies to: Java version(s): 7.0
Starting with 7u51, users are given an option to restore the security
prompts for any prompts that were hidden more than 30 days prior to
installing the latest Java release.
An option to hide a prompt in the future is included in some security
prompts that are shown when an application starts. To insure the
continued security of your system, it is recommended that you
periodically restore the prompts that were hidden**. Seeing the prompts
again provides an opportunity to review the applications and ensure that
you still want them to run.
To restore the prompts that were previously hidden, from the Java
Control Panel, click Restore Security Prompts. When asked to confirm the
selection, click Restore All. The next time an application is started,
the security prompt for that application is shown.
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Where is the Java Control Panel on Windows?
Where is the Java Control Panel on Mac?
**Why don't they just recommend that one never hide a security prompt.
That I not check the box that hides them? Why hide them and 30 days
later restore them. What about the 28 days in between?
Why do they have scripts that don't stop anyhow? It seems to me they
must be written wrong, but even so, why don't they put in a counter and
make them self-stopping, or if you stop them once, why not stop them
every time after the same number of iterations of the script?