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162275 2003-07-23 06:44:00 Hi there

Next Question.

I have had a reinstall of Win XP and now Im trying to get my computer back to the way it was and Im coming across these things Im not sure about. So please reply in simple terms for me.

I go to yahoo games and into a game I normally play - it tells me the following

To display this page you need to download and install the following components

Java Virtual Machine

I click on download and it comes up in the microsoft site this

We're sorry the page you are viewing requires that you have a more recent version of the microsoft virtual machine on your system, to obtain an updated version of the microsoft virtual machine please go to windows update.

I do but where do I go from there and is this the right thing to do??

I dont want anything that costs.

Thanks ladybug
Ladybug (3129)
162276 2003-07-23 08:45:00 I know hardly anything about XP, just how to use it, but as for your Java Machine, it is in your windows settings normally. Go to Tools. Internet Options, advanced, and then look down that till you find something about Microsoft VM, then down and make sure Jit compiler for virtual machine, is ticked. Hope that helps. supergran (108)
162277 2003-07-23 12:34:00 Hi supergran

i have looked where you said but cant seem to find anything like that. I wonder if this is due to the fact that windows xp has been reinstalled???


Ladybug
Ladybug (3129)
162278 2003-07-23 12:41:00 its under tools > internet options>advanced > scroll down and look for microsoft VM (there should be three boxes)

Java console enable
Java logging enable
JIT compiler for Virtual Machine enabled (requires restart)

this is what they are on about, make sure ticked

ok?

beetle
beetle (243)
162279 2003-07-23 12:54:00 There has been various lawsuits against ms for what they have done with Java and there right to bundle there own version with windows,Hence some copies of xp have it and some dont,Depending on the date your version was spat out.

Easyist way to get microsofts version is to install service pack1 for winxp,or get the real thing from wwws.sun.com it will be there somwhere i think,Sun aint in the habit of makin there fight easy.
metla (154)
162280 2003-07-23 12:55:00 even better www.java.com metla (154)
162281 2003-07-23 13:06:00 A fresh install of XP does not contain any java virtual machine in it whatsoever.

Why? MS were going to get sued by SUN Microsystems, so they took it out of XP. You can't even get it now with SP1.

To sort this out, you'll have to visit www.sun.com and download their Java Virtual Machine. After all they invented Java, so why settle for MS junk??
PoWa (203)
162282 2003-07-23 13:11:00 thanks for the link melta

so if i download it from the java site - this is free? any catches??
is it safe to use???

thanks again

ladybug
Ladybug (3129)
162283 2003-07-23 13:14:00 Hi Powa

Just read you thread after posting mine to melta so either way it will be the same - whatever site i get it from?

Im new to all this sorry so excuse me being a bit unsure

thanks ladybug
Ladybug (3129)
162284 2003-07-23 13:16:00 > thanks for the link melta
>
> so if i download it from the java site - this is
> free? any catches??
> is it safe to use???
>
> thanks again
>
> ladybug


Complety free,no catches,no microsoft nonscence either,the sun version is the real deal,Ms tried to hijack it and created a whole lotta confusion.
metla (154)
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