Very interesting. Thanks for all the information. I appreciate it.
: Your post is kinda old but what I am looking for. Has anything that you
know
: of changed on this situation?
:
: I want to know what is the best way to REINSTALL MS JAVA onto my WIN XP
: system! Please help. My SUN JAVA is of the latest version and supposedly
: installed properly - according to the SUN site. BUT it continually hangs,
: locks up, and is super slow in java sites. Eventually (never fails) it
will
: lock you up where your only option to shut that window down is to go to the
: TASK MGR and END the program. With this action it will take all java sites
: down. Also, in TASK MGR it never says these applications are NOT
RESPONDING,
: as you would expect, but when you end them the error you get is "hanging
: application".
:
: "Jim Byrd" wrote:
:
: > Hi Criquet -
: > 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 (This one may be down)
: >
: >
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 previously have MS Java v. 3805 or
3809
: > installed.
: >
: > If your OS is Win2000 SP2, SP3 but NOT SP4 then you can download and
install
: > 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 (these are
also
: > reported to work for XP):
: >
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 (or you can try the SP4 3805's listed
just
: > above)
: >
: >
: >
: > 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. The following four additional
: > ftp sources MAY also work, either directly or using Saybo's procedure,
: > below: ftp.procergs.com.br/pub/procergs/ASP/JavaXP/Microsoft
: >
: > ftp.eesnet.ru/windows/internet/MSIE/msjavwu.exe
: >
: >
ftp.boulder.ibm.com/software/xde/2003.06.12.01/install/DISK1/SETUP/SETUP/pat
: > ches/msjavwu.exe
: >
: >
ftp.hs-niederrhein.de/pub/security/systems/winxp/fixes/security-bulletins/us
: > a/msjavwu.exe )
: >
: > The following procedure has also been reported to work for Win2kSP4 by
Saybo
: > at : >
: > "I always try to install the 3805 package 1st. Most of the time that
: >
: > does not work, so I then have them download the 3810 package, open it
: >
: > in WinZip and extract msjava.dll and vmhelper.dll to the system32
: >
: > folder. Then run the 3810 install. This has had a 100% success rate
: >
: > for the last couple of months."
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > 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 Mitch 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."
: >
: >
: >
: > --
: > Please respond in the same thread.
: > Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
: >
: >
: >
: > In : > Criquet <
[email protected]> typed:
: > > My brother has problem completing all the puzzles that we find on the
: > > internet. His computer locks up halfway tru and he cannot complete the
: > > puzzles.
: > >
: > > He has the Sun Java installed on his WinXP Home with all updated
: > > installed i.e. SP2.
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > > I have the Microsoft VM installed and my computer never locks up on
: > > the same puzzles. I have WinXP Pro with SP2 installed. I do not have
: > > the Sun Java.
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > > We both have plenty of disk spaces and memories,, he has over 700
: > > megs of memory.
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > > Now how can he install the Microsoft VM? I do not remember how I
: > > installed mine.
: > >
: > >
: > >
: > > Criquet
: >
: >
