online games

[Andrea]

I upgraded from win 98 to xp pro and have cable
internet. Before the upgrade, I was able to play games
online but now when I click on them, it tells me that
they are downloading them and the only screen that comes
up next is blank with a small x in the top left corner.
Have I missed a step when I installed xp? I called my
internet provider but they did not have an answer...
Please help!!! Thank you very much! From, Andrea

 

[Chris H.]

You may be missing Microsoft's Virtual Machine (java), Andrea. Try this
information: Go to Start/Run and type in "wjview" without the quotes. If
it shows you less than build 38.10 of the VM, take a look at this web page
for details and download locations:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_9.htm#java