I hope someone can please help me I have searched google and website for an answer and tried several which still not fix my problem. I am currently running the Java 5.0 Update 13 and had no issues with java applications or browsing websites that uses java.

I uninstalled all older versions of Java and verified from java.com that java was not installed then I downloaded the latest version Java JDK/JRE - 6 Update 3 when I go to sun site to verified that java was installed correctly it hangs up my browser which stops responding. I went to the java.com website and follow troubleshooting to uninstalled all older versions of java and then reinstalled the latest version offline which this did not resolved the issues.

Finally I gave up and removed all of the sun versions of Java again and reinstalled the Java 5.0 Update 13 which works on my dell dimension 8300. I removed using the add/remove programs any Java j2se runtime references.

Can someone help me figure out why I can't get the latest version to work? I appreciate any input or ideas to try.


Dell Dimension 8300
Windows XP SP2
Internet Explorer 7
Java 5.0 Update 13