Hi J-Man - 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 (This one may be down)
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
If you have Sun Java installed, you can run their test utility here:
http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp
and you can test Javascript here:
http://www.dancespots.net/browsertest.htm
There is good information concerning all aspects of the Java situation here:
http://www.javatester.org/installing.html
Be aware, however, that after Dec 31, 2007, MS will apparently no longer be
distributing Java or providing any support for Java including security
fixes. See here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/ so you might want
to start thinking about the future. MS Java VM Transition FAQ are available
here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/faq.asp Information on the current
availability of the MS JVM is available here: INFO: Availability of Current
Build of Microsoft VM,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;163637
You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions - select using the
dropdown - I recommend that you don't install any version prior to 1.4.2.06
in order to get a necessary bug fix.)
Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java plug-in
here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
If you want the latest and greatest, you can link to a download for the J2SE
5.0 JRE here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp (What I use,
BTW)
For the MS Java VM, you may need to install v.3805 or v.3809 prior to
upgrading to v. 3810 if you didn't previously have MS Java v. 3805 or 3809
installed.
If your OS is Win2000 SP2, SP3 but NOT SP4 then you can download and install
MS Java VM v. 3809 from here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._510A502BA8F9B6F19230BB2BCCE87D5474AC9DCD.exe
or here:
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com...icrosoft.Q810030_W2K_SP4_5849/Q810030_W2K.exe
For Win2000 SP4, follow the directions here: Frequently Asked Questions
About the Microsoft VM and Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820101 "Because the Microsoft VM files are
not protected by the Windows File Protection (WFP) feature in Windows 2000
SP4, redistributable versions of the Microsoft VM can be installed on a
Windows 2000 SP4-based computer with or without the Microsoft VM."
For all other OS's:
Download and install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from one of the links here:
http://ftp.idilis.ro/windows/sp/jvm98/msjavwu.exe, or here:
http://secinfo.huji.ac.il/patches/Win-xp/msjavwu.exe or v. 3805 from
here:
http://www.sijet.com/msjavx86.exe
Then upgrade to v. 3810:
For all OS's except Win2kSP4 obtain v. 3810 here:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631 ,or here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m...l/MSJavWU_8073687b82d41db93f4c2a04af2b34d.exe
For Win2k - SP2, SP3 - you can also obtain v. 3810 from Microsoft here:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-9b18-423356321682/Q816093_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
For Win2kSP4, to get 3810 from Microsoft you now have to get Q816093 from
Windows Update Catalog - use the procedure given in the Q820101 link given
above for Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition (Yes, Win98x/SE - it's
not a mistake). You can find directions for using the Windows Update
Catalog functions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;323166.
Both Java VM's can co-exist on your machine quite nicely. Just select which
one you want to use in Tools|Internet Options|Advanced and restart all IE
browsers. Here, courtesy of Mitch Gallant, MVP Security, is a tiny utility
which allows you to toggle and view status of your current Java VM vendor
associated with IE:
http://www.jensign.com/JavaScience/SelectIEJVM/index.html
A note from Mitch Gallant:
"One note about the JVM Selector utility: If/when you install a new
version of Sun J2SE, you need to manually select to have Sun JVM as default
JVM for IE (in install), or after install via the JavaPlugin control panel.
This generates the necessary win32 registry entries, which must be present
for the utility to know about JavaPlugin. After that, the utility should
work properly."
Java and JavaScript are two different things. See here for tutorials on
the differences:
http://www.jsr.communitech.net/difference.htm
http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/639301
For JavaScript: download the latest engine for your particular OS here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?productID=&freetext=jscript&DisplayLang=en
Get both "Windows Script 5.6" and "JScript 5.6 Security Patch" for your
particular OS.
--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
My, Blog Defending Your Machine, here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
J-Man said:
Actually, I guess I spoke too soon, as the problem has reared its
ugly head once again. I think I may have temporarily fixed it-- this
time I had to do something different. First I downloaded and
installed the MS Java Virtual Machine, because I was getting the
error message that indicated that it was not installed when I tried
to run the command jview.exe. However, that didn't work, and when I
attempted to do the "critical update" that Sandi's site indicated was
required after installing MSJava VM, all I could do was use Windows
Update, and it downloaded some MS.net Service Pack 1.1 that didn't
seem to relate to what Sandi was talking about. Even after all of
this, even though I got a "successfully installed" after running the
MSJavaVM installation program, I still go nothing using jview.exe.,
and the website would still not open a window that used a link with
javascript.
I uninstalled the two Sun Java items that were there when checking
Settings/View Objects. Then I installed the MSJavaVM again. Then I
did all of those regsvr32 commands. Nothing worked until I did
regsvr32 msjava.dll. Then the webpage works correctly-- but I STILL
get the error message running jview.exe indicating that MS Java is
not installed. I have no idea if this is going to continue working,
but I'm getting really frustrated. Why does this have to be so
complicated?
Jim Byrd said:
YW, J-Man - Glad you got it straightened out.
--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
My Blog Defending Your Machine here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
J-Man said:
Jim: Thanks for the help. None of those things worked (I'd already
tried some of those things per the earlier posting) and the link
with the "#" in it didn't work, but I went to that site (Sandi's?)
anyway and found the answer under Java. Apparently I had two
versions of Java runtime 1.31.02, and both were damaged.
Right-clicking and selecting "update," per the site's instructions,
did NOT work; however, I had two more current versions of Java (1.4
something), so I just removed the two damaged files and voilà--
everything's working!
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.
Hi J-Man - Try this:
Go to Start|Run and enter "regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll" (without the
quotes). After you get a Success message, re-boot. If that doesn't
work, then check
out the following article and do the additional steps outlined
there:
You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens
After You Click a Link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q281679
Also see these articles:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window
and, Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web
page after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863
If you're on XP your can try MVP Ramesh's .reg fix here which
sometimes can
help:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg
--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
My Blog Defending Your Machine here:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
Hi,
Some possibilities:
Go to Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone, set it to
Default.
Clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
files (and delete offline content when that dialog pops up) It's
often recommended that the TIF folder be kept at about 50 MB
(Settings.)
Check any third-party security programs to see if one of them is
blocking scripts, scripting, active content. Norton Internet
Security and a number of
other programs can be configured to block scripts.
Try these two commands from Start> Run> cmd [enter]
regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]
regsvr32 jscript.dll [enter]
Reinstall the scripting engine. Go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
for the appropriate download of Windows Script 5.6
Reregistering the DLLs listed in the Resolution section of this
article may
help:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]
I'm having the same problem with javascript, I did ALL of the
fixes you suggested, but none of them worked. The site I was
visiting was
www.kohls.com. When I clicked on the "contact us"
link or the link to take you to your account, nothing happened.
I tried right-clicking with OPEN IN NEW WINDOW, but that just
opened a window that remained blank. With the account link, I
was able to read the web address for the link and just typed it
in myself and it worked, but that isn't always possible.
Any other suggestions?
