Hi Den - Some further info for you:
You can test whether Java is working on your machine at the following
sites:
http://www.pocoso.de/pocoso052.html
http://www.clan.lib.ri.us/clan/javatest.html
http://www.fitwise.com/testjava.asp (both 1.0 and 1.1 and what's
installed)
http://coglab.wadsworth.com/support/browsercheck.html
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/webct/browser_detect.html
and you can test Javascript here:
http://www.dancespots.net/browsertest.htm
There is good information concerning all aspects of the Java
situation here:
http://www.javatester.org/installing.html
Be aware, however, that after Dec 31, 2007, MS will apparently no
longer be distributing Java or providing any support for Java
including security fixes. See here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/ so you might want to start
thinking about the future.
You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions - select using
the dropdown)
Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java
plug-in here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
For the MS Java VM, you may need to install v.3805 or v.3809 prior to
upgrading to v. 3810 if you didn't previous have MS Java v. 3805 or
3809 installed.
If your OS is Win2000 SP2, SP3 but NOT SP4 then you can download and
install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._510A502BA8F9B6F19230BB2BCCE87D5474AC9DCD.exe
or here:
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com...icrosoft.Q810030_W2K_SP4_5849/Q810030_W2K.exe
For Win2000 SP4, you'll need to re-install v.3805, from here:
http://www.download.support.safetec.net/msjavx86/msjavx86.exe
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/msjavx86.exe
http://www.sijet.com/msjavx86.exe
For all other OS's:
Download and install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from one of the links
here:
http://ftp.idilis.ro/windows/sp/jvm98/msjavwu.exe, or here:
http://secinfo.huji.ac.il/patches/Win-xp/msjavwu.exe or v. 3805
from here:
http://www.sijet.com/msjavx86.exe
Then upgrade to v. 3810:
For all OS's except Win2kSP4 obtain v. 3810 here:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631 ,or here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m...l/MSJavWU_8073687b82d41db93f4c2a04af2b34d.exe
For Win2k - SP2, SP3 - you can also obtain v. 3810 from Microsoft
here:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-9b18-423356321682/Q816093_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
For Win2kSP4, to get 3810 from Microsoft you now have to get Q816093
from Windows Update Catalog - use the entry for Windows 2000 SP4
(this seems to be the only Win2k option that has it) and then find
816093 in the list. You can find directions for using the Windows
Update Catalog functions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;323166. (I
am informed by Torgeir Bakken, MVP, that if you rename the downloaded
file from here:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631 to
msjavwu.exe it will then also work for SP4.)
Both Java VM's can co-exist on your machine quite nicely. Just select
which one you want to use in Tools|Internet Options|Advanced and
restart all IE browsers. Here, courtesy of Michel Gallant, MVP
Security, is a tiny utility which allows you to toggle and view
status of your current
Java VM vendor associated with IE:
http://www.jensign.com/JavaScience/SelectIEJVM/index.html
A note from Mitch Gallant:
"One note about the JVM Selector utility: If/when you install a new
version of Sun J2SE, you need to manually
select to have Sun JVM as default JVM for IE (in install), or after
install via the JavaPlugin control panel. This generates the
necessary win32 registry entries, which must be present for the
utility to know about JavaPlugin. After that, the utility should
work properly."
In
den said:
Jurren said:
den wrote:
Receive a prompt to download/install Java Virtual Machine. Believe
this is because the Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java (MSJVM) is
no longer included in Internet Explorer.
Instead of leading to a download the prompt then heads off into a
number of links to related pages. As far as I can see, I need to
download some version of Runtime. Not at all clear precisely what
version to download, from where, and how to confirm requirements:
- W98SE [build 4.10.2222]
- ie 6.0.2800.11065
- sp1; Q837009; Q832894; q313829; Q831167
Any help with finding way through maze most appreciated. Many
thanks.
Denis
Not sure what you got, but the only other Java is from Sun and that
is this website:
http://java.com/en/index.jsp
Jurren,
Many thanks for this, very helpful.
Have now located the Runtime Download Page, as a result. As ie6 no
longer incorporates Virtual Machine, this may be of interest to
others:
http://java.com/en/download/help/win_manual.jsp
Once again many thanks for your help.
Denis
