MS Virtual Machine Quit....Why?

[Steve Klenner]

Can anyone explain why my MS vitual Machine quit working in IE6. I'm using
XP Pro...with latest updates. I've installed Sun Java since and it now
seems to be working...but I like to get MS VM working again if I can. I've
installed the latest security update on VM...a couple times...still not
working. I've run cmd line and typed jview per MS and it reports that VM is
present...but does not work in IE6. I've checked security options to be
sure its enabled there in IE6. Is there some other place to enable VM that
I'm un-aware of? Is there any known problems with Suns version? Am I
concerned about nothing?

Thanks
Steve

 

[Ken Blake]

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Can anyone explain why my MS vitual Machine quit working in IE6. I'm
using XP Pro...with latest updates.

Did you install SP1, then SP1a? SP1a is the same as SP1, except
that it doesn't include Java, and I believe it removes it if it
finds it installed (a s aresult of a courst decision).

I've installed Sun Java since
and it now seems to be working...but I like to get MS VM working
again if I can. I've installed the latest security update on VM...a
couple times...still not working. I've run cmd line and typed jview
per MS and it reports that VM is present...but does not work in IE6.
I've checked security options to be sure its enabled there in IE6.
Is there some other place to enable VM that I'm un-aware of? Is
there any known problems with Suns version? Am I concerned about
nothing?

The differences are apparently minor, and it probably isn't worth
worrying about.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Steve - Sounds like you need to re-install.

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

and check whether you have the MS VM installed and which version here:
http://www.visualware.com/support/javasupport.html

Be aware, however, that after Jan 2, 2004, MS will apparently no longer
be distributing Java or providing any support for Java including
security fixes. (It's unclear as to how 6/26/03 court decision will
affect this) See here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/news/jre.asp, and
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.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.nhyrvana.com/files/pop.cgi?file=win2kmsjavx86.zip It will
download as Pop.zip. Just unzip it and then execute the resultant
msjavx86. This is the only version that I know of that will re-install
under SP4.

For all other OS's:

Download and install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from one of the links here:
http://www.nhyrvana.com/files/pop.cgi?file=3809.exe (it will be named
pop.exe), or here:
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com...XP/com_microsoft.javavm_3809_5853/msjavwu.exe,
or here:
http://secinfo.huji.ac.il/patches/Win-xp/msjavwu.exe


Then upgrade to v. 3810:

For all OS's except Win2k, obtain v. 3810 here:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631

For all versions of Win2k - SP2, SP3 or SP4 - obtain v. 3810 here:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-9b18-423356321682/Q816093_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe

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://pages.istar.ca/~neutron/SelectIEJVM

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."



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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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