Microsoft VM vs Java

[Kathleen]

I am new to this computer thing and hope someone can help
me. I have microsoft vm and Java 2v1.4.2_03 on my
computer.What is the difference in the two, what do they
do. Why do I need both? One minute my graphics load fine
on pages and the next minute they don't,all i get are
boxes with red "x"'s in them. Does this have to do with
the java thing? Any advice will be very helpful. Thank
You!

[Robert]

Hi. Come September Microsoft VM will no longer be supported, due to a Microsoft and
Sun Microsystems lawsuit. You could keep both until September or drop
the Microsoft VM now. FYI, I only have Java (Version 1.4.2_03 (build b02)
which was a 14.5MB download and it works fine. If you want to read more,
go to www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java.