Java ?

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XPS400 2.8Gig 820 D Dual Core -VIIV
O/S WinXP Media Center Edition 2005
RAM 1G.B. DDR 533MHZ-2x512M.B.
Hard Drive 250G.B. 7200RPM
Graphics ATI 128M.B.HYPER Mem PCI-E X16 X300SE.DIM
19" FP
7.1 Stigma-Tel Intergrated Audio
Logitech G15 Keyboard
DVD-/+RW & DVD-ROM
Dell 944 AIO Printer

ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI

Iam curious what version of java is best for my system ? I just upgraded to I.E. 7.0 and all seems to be working well ,at first some web sites that my young boy was accessing to play games where not working anymore ,however I found after enabling many items that where being blocked I was able to get back the needed plugins ,etc for his websites to work again ! It just so happen Java was one of the items being blocked and this made me curious about java its importance and for my O/S with the 2005 MCE ,what version would give me access to the most web sites ? Thanks in advance to all that reply ,its greatly appreciated !

Sincerely Nick

FYI> After posting this ? I went to Windows Explorer and under Program Files located the Java folder and the version I have installed ,this is what was written

" Java 2 Runtime Enviroment Standard Edition Version 1.4.2"

Message Edited by Gumba on 11-11-200609:06 AM

jmwills · Answer

It's probably not a Java issue rather than the site not being IE 7 compliant.

chasbox · Answer

Gumba

On your java issue,The current version is out of date and has a security issues

. Uninstall Sun Java package via Add/Remove Programs. If you see" Java 2 Runtime Enviroment Standard Edition Version 1.4.2"or any versions there uninstall all of them, too. After uninstalling, reboot if directed to do so.

. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and delete C:\Program Files\Java <=this folder (if found).

Do NOT delete C:\Program Files\ JavaVM <=this folder, if found!

. Open an IE window and go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp > In the middle of the page, click on the Download button to the right of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 > If Information Bar pop-ups up, right-click on it and say it's OK to display the blocked content > Accept the license agreement > Right-click on Windows Offline Installation, Multi-language and Save the file jre-1_5_0_09-windows-i586-p.exe to your desktop.

. When the download is complete, close all browser windows and double-click on the saved file to install the update.

Tip: Choose Custom install to select only the part(s) you need/want.

Delete the downloaded installation file after completing the above procedure and reboot if prompted to do so.

As jmwills said Not all sites and games are compatable with IE7 yet

Message Edited by chasbox on 11-12-200603:01 AM

Gumba · Answer

Hi chasbox ,

I have copied and pasted your instructions to My Documents and will follow your instructions in order to get the correct and most recent version ! My son plays a online game that requires Java and the version I have installed works with it ,however perhaps a newer version will give him faster page loads etc.

Thank You ,Nick

XPS400 2.8Gig 820 D Dual Core -VIIV
O/S WinXP Media Center Edition 2005
RAM 1G.B. DDR 533MHZ-2x512M.B.
Hard Drive 250G.B. 7200RPM
ATI 128M.B.HYPER Mem PCI-E X16 X300SE.DIM
ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI
19" FP
7.1 Stigma-Tel Intergrated Audio
Logitech G15 Keyboard
DVD-/+RW & DVD-ROM
Dell 944 AIO Printer

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