unable to get Microsoft VM or Java working.

[Steven Stockwell]

I am unable to get the Microsoft VM or Java working on my
computer in order to view websites that require it. When i
do go to a website where it is needed when there is a
picture there to be viewed it would be blank with a red x
in the upper left hand corner. I have also went to the
command line on this computer and typed in jview and it
would come back telling that it is not recognized as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch
file. Can someone please help me in getting this working?

 

[Iain Mackenzie]

At last, someone with the exact same problem as me!
I'll be very interested in the advice here, cos I haven't been able to solve
that problem for weeks now.
A prime example is http://bos.speakeasy.net/. Just an empty box with a red x
in the top lh corner.
Iain

 

[Iain Mackenzie]

Well, after my post, I decided to try downloading MS VM instead of using the
download from the Java site, and hey presto! It works! Everything now loads
correctly.
Try it at http://www.virtualmachine.tk/. Try the version checker on that
page first to make sure that you don't get the graphic.
Good luck.
Iain

 

[Iain Mackenzie]

Hmmm... 2 days on, and it's stopped working again. Without doing anything,
I'm back to the blank boxes with a red cross in the top lh corner!
Any ideas?
Iain

 

[Alex Nichol]

I hear that Microsoft removed the Java VM from SP1a. Yikes...

MS produced a Java that extends the language as defined by Sun, so that
it would 'work better' with Windows. This was not included in windows
XP, but was available as a separate download, and included in XP SP1

(There appear to be sites that have taken advantage of this, and will
not work with the Sun one - hence the difference in experience with
trying the one from the 'Java site')).

Sun sued MSoft, and the ruling in the case prohibits MS from making
'their' engine available as a download - so it is left out of the
revised SP1a

You can still get a 3805 or 3809 build from some sites that are *not*
MSoft sites - and MSoft is not going to object.
eg 3805 from Http://www.bigblackglasses.com/staff/downloads/msjavx86.exe

Once you have such an older version you can get the 816093 'critical
security update' which is effectively a complete build, 3810