Re: basic question on Java in XP

From: Cynthia Campbell (Candella_at_mysontic.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:46:55 GMT

"Andrew Thompson" <SeeMySites@www.invalid> wrote in message
news:fewghr8b588h$.jpqu3wtugwwn$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 06:55:18 GMT, Cynthia Campbell wrote:
>
> See responses below..
>
> > "Andrew Thompson" <SeeMySites@www.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:12sr8xry88e4l.s7pg99qv5q0b.dlg@40tude.net...
> >> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 03:30:45 GMT, Cynthia Campbell wrote:
> >>> can someone please tell me how to ascertain what version (if any) of
> > Java is installed in a WinXP platform? Browser or desktop? (This is an
important distinction, since
> >> they are not necessarily the same.)
>
> > Andrew: good point - my friend needs a version of Java installed to
enable
> > certain functions in a browser
>
> Internet Explorer (by any chance)?
> ..
> >> You can find out which Java (if any) a browser is using by
> >> pointing it here.
> >> <http://www.physci.org/pc/property.jsp?prop=java.version>

> Get your friend to visit this link. If it says '1.1.4', that will
(probably) be the problem.
>
> > ...is this different than the "runtime Java" from sun systems?
>
> Possibly, especially if the browser is Internet Explorer, or very old.
Your friend *should* upgrade the browser to Sun Java if it is *not* using
it. While there are other good manufacurers of the Java plug-in, there are
also some bad ones, and it is best (for average end users) to stick with
the one made by Sun.
>
> OTOH, perhpas I should have a closer look at this "..tutorial for an
online registration service.".What is the URL?

Hello Andrew:

Thanks for the pointers.

When I visit the link above with IE6, it shows nothing. When I visit with
Mozilla Firefox, it says, "Java Version 1.4.2_05." I'm slowly getting the
picture here. M$ seems to have dropped its support for it's "java VM"
environment; therefore, I suppose if my friend wants to do her online
tutorial, she'll need to use a Mozilla-based browser. I did recently
install the latest Sun java runtime on her system (therefore the version
readout above); it's just that I assumed somehow that Sun java would install
its own plugin in IE6.

The registration service is called "regonline"; they don't say much about
their tutorials on their site.

Cynthia

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