Enabling Java 2

[itsmystie]

Hi!

I use Internet Explorer and it cannot display Java applets. I've tried looking in Preferences where to enable that but i cannot find it. Can you folk please help me? Thanks in advance.

 

[cdogg]

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet Options.

1) On the Security tab, make sure Internet is highlighted at the top. Click "Default Level" in the lower-right (if it's greyed out, then that means it's already selected). This sets your security settings to "Medium".

2) On the Advanced tab, scroll down part way to the section called Microsoft VM. Enable the Java Console setting, and hit OK at the bottom.

Note: If you have a section called Java (Sun) listed right above Microsoft VM, then that means you also have Sun's version of Java installed. Sometimes, you have to disable it (uncheck it) to get some sites to work correctly.

3) Close and reopen Internet Explorer.

~cdogg
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[LawnBoy]

It's my understanding that MS has discontinued their VM due to lawsuits from Sun. We're running the Sun java client with few issues.

 

[transtec]

I think you need to get the Java Plugin for some applets to run properly. If u had installed the Java Runtime or The Java Development Kit, u'd have had the plugin installed too.

 

[kmcferrin]

The MS/Sun Java lawsuits were settled a couple of years ago (2003 I think). Microsoft is allowed to distribute their JVM, but with restrictions. We still install the MS version where I work because there are a couple of applications that don't always work correctly the the Sun version.

 

[itsmystie]

Hi cdogg!

I've done what u said but it still doesn't work. I don't know if i have the Java Runtime. Where can i get it?

Thanks

 

[cdogg]

http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

After installing it, you might still have issues. Make sure you only have Java (Sun) enabled in IE's advanced settings (step 2 above). Sometimes having both Microsoft VM and Java (Sun) checked will cause problems.

~cdogg
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[transtec]

After installing it, you might still have issues.

Ummm.... I dont know about any peculiar issues. But applets have always worked for me when the JDK was installed. You can find the JDK here :

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

The advantage of JDK over the Runtime is that with the JDK you could develop Java apps as well. If you are jus a user and not a developer then the Runtime should suffice for you.

 

[cdogg]

This person is new to getting Java enabled in the browser. Somehow I doubt the development version is necessary.

In addition, there are sites out there that won't work with Sun's version of Java enabled. I don't recall any specific examples on the net, but the company I work for has several sites on their intranet that are this way. Two work only with Microsoft's VM enabled, and one works with only Sun's Java plugin enabled. I'm not proficient in Java to know why, but I mentioned what to try above just in case the problem persists.

~cdogg
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
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