How do you get a JVM to work with WinXP SP1 + IE6.0 SP1?

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Phil Holland - 14 Mar 2004 21:03 GMT

Environment:
Windows XP Pro SP1
Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp1.020828-1920
Java:
Java 2 SDK 1.4.1_02
MS JVM 5.00.3176 (25 Mar 1999)
IE Advanced Settings:
Java (Sun):
Use Java 2 v1.4.1_2 for <applet> - Yes
Microsoft VM:
Java console enabled - No
Java logging enabled - No
JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled - Yes

I don't want to use MS JVM, as I'm trying to test some Java applications
developed using JDK 1.2+.

Currently I'm getting missing Java messages whenever I open pages
containing Java applets, so I've had to use Netscape 7 to view those
pages instead.

I've just moved from Win2000 SP2 to WinXP Pro SP1, and I had no problems
running Java applets with IE6 in Win2000 SP2. Can anyone offer any
suggestions as to how I can get these applets to work with WinXP?

Thanks.........Phil Holland

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Andrew Thompson - 15 Mar 2004 01:56 GMT

> Environment:
> Windows XP Pro SP1

Have you rebooted since selecting the Sun JVM?

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Phil Holland - 15 Mar 2004 23:25 GMT

>> Environment:
>> Windows XP Pro SP1
>
>Have you rebooted since selecting the Sun JVM?

Yes, and I've also tried adding/subtracting the JDK folder in the Path
variable, but nothing has solved the problem yet.

........Phil

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Robert - 16 Mar 2004 03:47 GMT

>>>Environment:
>>> Windows XP Pro SP1
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>
> ........Phil

Go into the control panel. There is a Java applet and one of its options
is to set the JVM for IE.

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Phil Holland - 16 Mar 2004 22:33 GMT

>>>>Environment:
>>>> Windows XP Pro SP1
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>Go into the control panel. There is a Java applet and one of its options
>is to set the JVM for IE.

I've already selected both IE and Netscape in the Java Plug-in applet in
the Control Panel. However, I now have a suspicion that my recent
install of Visual Studio 6.0, which installed a copy of MS JVM, may be
the cause of my problems.

I'm still no closer to solving it though.

...........Phil

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Andrew Thompson - 17 Mar 2004 06:51 GMT

> In article, Robert writes
>>> In message, Andrew Thompson writes
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>>> Yes, and I've also tried adding/subtracting the JDK folder in the Path
>>> variable, but nothing has solved the problem yet.

>>Go into the control panel. There is a Java applet and one of its options
>>is to set the JVM for IE.
>
> I've already selected both IE and Netscape in the Java Plug-in applet in
> the Control Panel. However, I now have a suspicion that my recent
> install of Visual Studio 6.0,

That reads to me like..
"I was trying to fix a rattle in my car the
other day, and shoved a wrench into the flywheel.
It did not fix the problem - and now my arm hurts"

>..which installed a copy of MS JVM,

Aaargh! I thought MS was prevented from supplying
that abomination by court order. I wonder if the
determination was "MS will stop supplying the MS
'JVM' with the *IE* OS component"

>..may be
> the cause of my problems.

I'd give it odds of 400:1

> I'm still no closer to solving it though.

Uninstall any software by MS that has the
word 'Java' in it and you will probably
get it to work..

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Phil Holland - 17 Mar 2004 22:16 GMT

>> In article, Robert writes
>>>> In message, Andrew Thompson writes
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
>word 'Java' in it and you will probably
>get it to work..

Surprisingly I only installed VB6 and Visual FoxPro, and definitely not
J++, but it still insisted on installing MS JVM before allowing the
installation to start. In my defence I'm a SAS software developer
working on Windows and UNIX/Linux, who occasionally works with VB, Perl
and Java interfaces to SAS, so this isn't the first time MS has caused
problems. I'm no supporter of MS, and I don't have MS Office installed,
much preferring to use OOo, and occasionally Lotus SmartSuite, instead.

Still I will uninstall MS Visual Studio and MS JVM, try to re-install
just the VB and VFp bits again, and try accessing my Java applets
through IE again. I'll let you know if it works or not.

............Phil Holland

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Andrew Thompson - 17 Mar 2004 22:29 GMT

> Still I will uninstall MS Visual Studio and MS JVM, try to re-install
> just the VB and VFp bits again, and try accessing my Java applets
> through IE again.

Hope you get it sorted.

> I'll let you know if it works or not.

Please do, I'll be interested to hear how you go.

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Phil Holland - 21 Mar 2004 20:06 GMT

>..
>> Still I will uninstall MS Visual Studio and MS JVM, try to re-install
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>
>Please do, I'll be interested to hear how you go.

I'm back in business, but it took a few failed attempts, and I'm not
100% sure what fixed it:
(1) Uninstalling of Visual Studio had no effect, so I reinstalled it
making sure I only installed VB6 and VFp6.
(2) I installed Java JRE 1.4.2_02, but it had no effect.
(3) I decided that Windows Update might sort it out, so I installed the
critical updates, and XP updates that looked relevant, including:
- cumulative security update for IE6 SP1 (832894)
- security update for Microsoft VM (816093)
Something in the update worked its magic on my system! Whatever fixed
the problem, I can now run Java applets using Java JRE 1.4.2_02.

........Phil

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Andrew Thompson - 21 Mar 2004 21:01 GMT

>> ..I'll be interested to hear how you go.
>
> I'm back in business, but it took a few failed attempts, and I'm not
> 100% sure what fixed it:

Aahh, windoze. You gotta love it, huh? ;-)

[ I am currently working on a way to 'clean'
the MS VM of dangerous classes (that is, the
MS ones) and rebuild it, in the process I
have struck some interesting MS gotcha's ]

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