java script

[missy]

I need help with java script. i need to enable java
script technolgy for my browser. but i don't know how.
any ideas?

[Dave]

"missy" > wrote in message
...
> I need help with java script. i need to enable java
> script technolgy for my browser. but i don't know how.
> any ideas?

it depends on your browser. try asking in a group that is specific for it.

[Malke]

missy wrote:

> I need help with java script. i need to enable java
> script technolgy for my browser. but i don't know how.
> any ideas?

Are you sure you don't need the Java runtime instead? Perhaps you are
trying to play a web game and are getting the error message about
needing Java? If this is the case, then download and install Java from
here:

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

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[nobody760]

You can test whether Java is working on your machine at the
> following
> sites:
>
> http://www.pocoso.de/pocoso052.html
> http://www.clan.lib.ri.us/clan/javatest.html
> http://www.fitwise.com/testjava.asp (both 1.0 and 1.1 and what's
> installed)
> http://coglab.wadsworth.com/support/browsercheck.html
> http://www.ces.clemson.edu/webct/browser_detect.html
>
> and you can test Javascript here:
> http://www.dancespots.net/browsertest.htm
>
> and check whether you have the MS VM installed and which version here:
> http://www.visualware.com/support/javasupport.html
>
> Be aware, however, that after Sept. 30, 2004, MS will apparently no longer
> be distributing Java or providing any support for Java including
> security fixes. (It's unclear as to how 6/26/03 court decision will
> affect this) See here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/news/jre.asp, and
> http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/ ,and more recently here:
>
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5JKM3R05NOIMUCRBAELCF EY?
type=technologyNews&storyID=3572282
> so you
> might want to start thinking about the future.
>
> You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
> http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions - select using
> the dropdown)
>
> Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java
> plug-in here: http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
>
>
>
> For the MS Java VM, you may need to install v.3809 prior to upgrading
> to v. 3810 if you didn't previous have MS Java v. 3805 or 3809
> installed.
>
> If your OS is Win2000 SP2, SP3 but NOT SP4 then you can download and
> install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from here:
>
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/CabPool/Q810
030_W2K_510A502BA8F9B6F19230BB2BCCE87D5474AC9DCD.e xe
> or here:
>
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com/MSJavaVM/Software/en/com_microsoft.windo
ws2000/x86win2k/com_microsoft.Q810030_W2K_SP4_5849/Q810030_W2K.exe
>
> For Win2000 SP4, you'll need to re-install v.3805, from here:
> http://www.nhyrvana.com/files/pop.cgi?file=win2kmsjavx86.zip It will
> download as Pop.zip. Just unzip it and then execute the resultant
> msjavx86. This is the only version that I know of that will re-install
> under SP4.
>
> For all other OS's:
>
> Download and install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from one of the links here:
> http://www.nhyrvana.com/files/pop.cgi?file=3809.exe (it will be named
> pop.exe), or here:
>
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com/MSJavaVM/Software/en/com_microsoft.Windo
wsXP/x86WinXP/com_microsoft.javavm_3809_5853/msjavwu.exe,
> or here:
> http://secinfo.huji.ac.il/patches/Win-xp/msjavwu.exe
>
>
> Then upgrade to v. 3810:
>
> For all OS's except Win2k, obtain v. 3810 here:
> http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631
>
> For all versions of Win2k - SP2, SP3 or SP4 - obtain v. 3810 here:
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/7/577b7277-227d-4163-9b18-4233563
21682/Q816093_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
>
> Both Java VM's can co-exist on your machine quite nicely. Just select
> which one you want to use in Tools|Internet Options|Advanced and restart
> all IE browsers. Here, courtesy of Michel Gallant, MVP Security, is a
> tiny utility which allows you to toggle and view status of your current
> Java VM vendor associated with IE:
> http://pages.istar.ca/~neutron/SelectIEJVM
>
> A note from Mitch Gallant:
>
> "One note about the JVM Selector utility:
> If/when you install a new version of Sun J2SE, you need to manually
> select to have Sun JVM as default JVM for IE (in install), or after
> install
> via the JavaPlugin control panel. This generates the necessary win32
> registry
> entries, which must be present for the utility to know about JavaPlugin.
> After that, the utility should work properly."