Java JVM vanished from dozens of Win2k machines?

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Gerry Hickman said:
Hi Jan,


Thanks for the link, but we were talking about IE6-SP1, _not_ Windows
XP-SP1. As it says in the subject of this thread - "Win2k machines".
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You're welcome..but, as you can see, the reply was not meant for you, but
for Gary, and only as an FYI. :-)

Jan :)
 
You're welcome..but, as you can see, the reply was not meant for you, but
for Gary, and only as an FYI. :-)
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Well, all replies in newsgroups are pretty much directed to everyone. That
link wasn't relevant to anything I posted, either. As Gerry said, we're
talking about Windows 2000 here.
 
Hi Robert,
Did you try a search?
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Thanks for these links but how does this answer my question above? The
poster stated the "current download is IE6 SP1a", I said I could not
find it, you gave me links about JVM. Where exactly does it say anything
about downloading IE6-SP1a? Sorry if I missed it, I just can't see it...
<title>INFO: Availability of Current Build of Microsoft VM</title>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;163637

links to several articles that Jim and Jan already gave you including:

<title>Frequently Asked Questions About the Microsoft VM and Windows 2000 Service Pack 4</title>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820101

and

<TITLE>Transitioning from the MSJVM: Frequently Asked Questions</TITLE>
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/faq.asp


(MSKB search for
SP1a, Java
)


Hmm... are any of these problem machines SBS?
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No, no SBS.
Then another answer to your question may be that
somebody uninstalled and reinstalled some service packs
and thus lost the original service pack which installed MSJVM
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All the machines are built from scratch with Win2k SP4 integrated, but
then I have to install IE6-SP1, which I assume puts Java on too? I'll be
able to test it next week as I have to build a few new ones.
 
Gary said:
Well, all replies in newsgroups are pretty much directed to everyone. That
link wasn't relevant to anything I posted, either. As Gerry said, we're
talking about Windows 2000 here.
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Thanks, I was starting to get confused there!
 
....
then I have to install IE6-SP1, which I assume puts Java on too?
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I think it may depend on which IE6sp1 you have but my guess
is that you probably have IE6sp1a.

IE6sp1a (which is now called IE6sp1) does *not* have Java in it.
That is why IE6sp1a was created and for the same reason that
XPsp1a was created and for the same reason that (apparently--
new to me) SBSsp1a was created--to remove Java support from
distribution. It may not be explicitly stated in any of the links people
have been pointing you to but it is very clear that Microsoft has
*removed* their Java support from its product lines in response
to a legal settlement. The only way to have MS Java support
officially is to have had it before those versions were created.
Sounds to me that you have been building systems without
it installed and are not installing it separately. Therefore, it would
not be a surprise if you don't have it.


HTH

Robert
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Hi Robert,

Perhaps this is the confusion then. You are saying that Microsoft
released a service pack for IE6 called SP1a, but their links all "call"
this service pack "SP1".
 
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