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I am using win98 and have Java installed. I sent my friend a url for which
needed Java and I was amazed when he said the url did not work because he
does not have Java. He has XP home edition. I know Microsoft does not do
Java anymore and I was unable to tell him what to do to get the Java he
needs onto his system. There is Sun Microsystems but I do not want to give
advice to him as I do not know what he requires for his XP. Also I did a
small search for Java and all the returns were for Java applets. So where do
you get the Actual Java program from?
TIA
Paul
 
I am using win98 and have Java installed. I sent my friend a url for which
needed Java and I was amazed when he said the url did not work because he
does not have Java. He has XP home edition. I know Microsoft does not do
Java anymore and I was unable to tell him what to do to get the Java he
needs onto his system. There is Sun Microsystems but I do not want to give
advice to him as I do not know what he requires for his XP. Also I did a
small search for Java and all the returns were for Java applets. So where do
you get the Actual Java program from?
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I got the Java 2 Runtime environment SE V1.41_04 from here:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/

d/l the Java 2 Platform. Works with Mozilla based browsers and Opera.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Your friend has Java support on the XP machine but not the old Micorsoft
version.
He needs Microsoft Virtual Machine. It's no longer supplied with Windows
since Microsoft don't support it anymore. (apparent legal action from Sun
Microsystems)
You might be able to pick it up elsewhere by searching the internet (try
Microsoft VM). It was also packaged with earlier versions of Internet
Explorer. Any old PC magazine disk would have IE on them somewhere. (IE 5.5
or earlier). Browse the installation files and you'll find the VM setup
among the cabs.
It is essential for interacting with many earlier Java websites especially
those with applets built using Visual J++ (also no longer supported).
 
Cuzman said:
" So where do you get the Actual Java program from? "


Check out the *What To Do* section of this site.......
http://n6hb.org/s-a/JAVA-ts.htm
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I had this problem with getting my ie6 to work with Java. But since I had a
Korean version of Windows xp prof every thing became much more difficult
because I do not understand Korean and can not follow the instructions. In
the end I stumbled on the following simple trick which works for
"technically impaired people like me"
*** install Opera using the package version that include Java. ***
I found that afterwards my ie6 correctly responded to java web sites.
Regards David Milne
 
David said:
I had this problem with getting my ie6 to work with Java. But since I
had a Korean version of Windows xp prof every thing became much more
difficult because I do not understand Korean and can not follow the
instructions. In the end I stumbled on the following simple trick
which works for "technically impaired people like me"
*** install Opera using the package version that include Java. ***
I found that afterwards my ie6 correctly responded to java web sites.
Regards David Milne
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Thank you all for your suggestions
Paul
 
I'm still suspicious why a machine running XP (Internet Explorer 6) doesn't
have Java support since it is part of the default installation. As I said in
a previous post the most common problem with XP is it doesn't support the
old microsoft Java and many websites still contain applets using these
unique Microsoft java classes.
Try installing Micorsoft Virtual Machine before getting too technical, it's
probably all you need.
You can find plenty of links here including installations for XP.
http://java-virtual-machine.net/download.html
 
PS. I meant to tell you, if you don't want the Microsoft version there is
also a link at the bottom of the page for the Sun virtual machine.
 
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