hey Maria,
You can test whether Java is working on your machine at
the
following
sites:
http://www.pocoso.de/pocoso052.html
http://www.clan.lib.ri.us/clan/javatest.html
http://www.fitwise.com/testjava.asp (both 1.0 and 1.1 and
what's
installed)
http://coglab.wadsworth.com/support/browsercheck.html
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/webct/browser_detect.html
and you can test Javascript here:
http://www.dancespots.net/browsertest.htm
and check whether you have the MS VM installed and which
version here:
http://www.visualware.com/support/javasupport.html
Be aware, however, that after Sept. 30, 2004, MS will
apparently no longer
be distributing Java or providing any support for Java
including
security fixes. (It's unclear as to how 6/26/03 court
decision will
affect this) See here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/news/jre
..asp, and
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/ ,and more recently
here:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5JKM3R
05NOIMUCRBAELCFEY?type=technologyNews&storyID=3572282
so you
might want to start thinking about the future.
You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions -
select using
the dropdown)
Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the
1.4 Java
plug-in here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
For the MS Java VM, you may need to install v.3809 prior
to upgrading
to v. 3810 if you didn't previous have MS Java v. 3805 or
3809
installed.
If your OS is Win2000 SP2, SP3 but NOT SP4 then you can
download and
install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-
19990518/CabPool/Q810030_W2K_510A502BA8F9B6F19230BB2BCCE87
D5474AC9DCD.exe
or here:
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com/MSJavaVM/Software/en/c
om_microsoft.windows2000/x86win2k/com_microsoft.Q810030_W2
K_SP4_5849/Q810030_W2K.exe
For Win2000 SP4, you'll need to re-install v.3805, from
here:
http://www.nhyrvana.com/files/pop.cgi?
file=win2kmsjavx86.zip It will
download as Pop.zip. Just unzip it and then execute
the resultant
msjavx86. This is the only version that I know of that
will re-install
under SP4.
