Virtual Machine for Java

[Guest]

Under: "Set Program Access & Defaults" from the Start Menu, what does it mean
to: "Choose a Default Virtual Machine for Java?" What should I choose & also
should it be enable or disable?

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Under: "Set Program Access & Defaults" from the Start Menu,
what does it mean to: "Choose a Default Virtual Machine for Java?"
What should I choose & also should it be enable or disable?

It means to choose which Java runtime environment/
virtual machine/Java plug-in/Java interpreter to use -
Microsoft's version or the official Java from Sun Microcomputer.
Since Microsoft lost the court case with Sun, the
Microsoft version is being phased out.
http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=java+virtual+machine

Go with Sun:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/desktopjava/jre/index.jsp

Or, go with the version being phased out:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/

As for Java in your browser, some believe it to be a security
risk like ActiveX Controls and they disable it. On the other
hand, if you only go to trustworthy websites, leave it on.

*TimDaniels*