virtual machine problems

[anthony]

can anyone tell me how to overcome the fact that xp
doesnt appear to have a virtual machine ...since this is
a prerequisite for game rooms...any help to fix this
error would be appreciated.
"getting yahoo games withdrawal symptoms"

 

[T.C.]

Here: http://www.paulsxp.com/downloads.html

 

[Andrew O. Hodges]

Their have been several previous inquiries into this matter. You can find
the MS Java runtime here: ftp://ftp.visualware.com/pub/java/msjavx86.exe


Be sure to visit windowsupdate after to download the latest patches.

 

[Alex Nichol]

can anyone tell me how to overcome the fact that xp
doesnt appear to have a virtual machine ...since this is
a prerequisite for game rooms...any help to fix this
error would be appreciated.

It refers to the 'Virtual machine' for running Java

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).

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

As the result of a lawsuit by Sun Microsystems, and the resulting
settlement, Microsoft is no longer allowed to provide its own Java
Virtual Machine to Windows users. You can get almost the same
functionality by downloading Sun's version of Java from
http://java.sun.com/getjava/index.html. If you want the broader
capabilities of Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine, it is still
available from a lot of 3rd-party web sites, some of which are listed
here: http://www.java-virtual-machine.net/download.html.


Bruce Chambers

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