VIRTUAL MACHINE

[PAUL]

ON CERTAIN SITES, I RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT THE SITE
REQUIRES YOU TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL JAVA VIRTUAL
MACHINE. AFTER PUSHING OK AND DOWNLOADING, IT SAYS THE
FOLLOWING:

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 GO TO WINDOWS UPDATE AND GET LOST... HELP

PAUL

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Paul;
Microsoft is removing Microsoft Virtual Machine from its websites and
stopping distribution because of a court order:
http://www.microsoft.com/java/

You can download Sun Java here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava/

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"PAUL" > wrote in message
...
> ON CERTAIN SITES, I RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT THE SITE
> REQUIRES YOU TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL JAVA VIRTUAL
> MACHINE. AFTER PUSHING OK AND DOWNLOADING, IT SAYS THE
> FOLLOWING:
>
> 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 GO TO WINDOWS UPDATE AND GET LOST... HELP
>
> PAUL

[Bob Knowlden]

Due to a legal tussle with Sun, MS has pulled their version of the Java
virtual machine from their web sites. (Last I checked, MS had a patched
version available, but it would install only over an existing installation.)

Either use the Sun version as suggested by another poster, or search the Web
(I'd use Google) for:

MSJavx86.exe

A number of sites still have it around.

I request a small favor: please don't post in all caps. Standard net usage
is that all caps is used FOR EMPHASIS.

HTH.

Bob Knowlden

Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"PAUL" > wrote in message
...
> ON CERTAIN SITES, I RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT THE SITE
> REQUIRES YOU TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL JAVA VIRTUAL
> MACHINE. AFTER PUSHING OK AND DOWNLOADING, IT SAYS THE
> FOLLOWING:
>
> 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 GO TO WINDOWS UPDATE AND GET LOST... HELP
>
> PAUL

[Alex Nichol]

PAUL wrote:

>
>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.

MS produced a Java that extends the language as defined by Sun, so that
it would 'work better' with Windows. This was not included in windows
XP, but was available as a separate download, and included in XP SP1

(There appear to be sites that have taken advantage of this, and will
not work with the Sun one).

Sun sued MSoft, and the ruling in the case prohibits MS from making
'their' engine available as a download - so it is left out of the
revised SP1a

You can still get a 3805 or 3809 build from some sites that are *not*
MSoft sites - and MSoft is not going to object.
eg from ftp://ftp.visualware.com/pub/java/msjavx86.exe

Once you have such an older version you can get the 816093 'critical
security update' which is effectively a complete build, 3810


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows - File Systems)
Bournemouth, U.K.