Getting Java to work

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rickcremer@gmail.com - 26 Dec 2006 14:33 GMT

Folks,

I am having some trouble with getting Java applets to work. For example
I do a lot of weather research using The National Weather Service web
site as well as Intellicast, WeatherUnderGround, and Weather.com.

I can get the weather radar to loop in some of the NWS products but not
from the other sites. The Java symbol will appear as the applet loads
then the weather chart will work (i.e. a series of radar loops will
animate the screen) but on some sites I can not get the chart to loop
(animate.)

I am using Windows XP (SP2) and I have Java 1.5.0_10 installed and in
IE 6 [Tools][Internet Options][Advance] I have the Java box checked.
Under [Tools][Internet Options][Security] I have the Java box checked
and the security level set to low.

Any idea what I can do to troubleshoot my system in order to get Java
to work correctly?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rick

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Andrew Thompson - 27 Dec 2006 01:34 GMT

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> I am having some trouble with getting Java applets to work.

Is it more important to you to understand the cause
of the problems you describe, or to get simply to
get all the applets running?

The reason I ask, is that if Java is working for one
applet but not others, it is probably a setting of some
tool or plug-in that is *not* *Java*, that is causing the
problem. The easiest way to test that theory, and also
a possible 'solution' is to try the applets using another
browser. ..

> I am using Windows XP (SP2) and I have Java 1.5.0_10 installed and in
> IE 6

..such as Opera, or one of the Mozilla family.

[Tools][Internet Options][Advance] I have the Java box checked.

> Under [Tools][Internet Options][Security] I have the Java box checked
> and the security level set to low.

*Do* *not* *set* *the* *security* *level* *to* *low*.

I have *never* seen applet/browser problems
caused by the security levels being too high
(unless 'security' somehow includes pop-ups).
The Java plug-in should ask you if an applet
attempts to do something outside its normal
'sandbox'.

*If* the deployers of these applets have made them
so poorly that they require some 'special' treatment,
I could only recommend that you cease using their
software immediately, as they are apparently
incompetent, and should not be trusted.

> > Any idea what I can do to troubleshoot my system in order to get Java
> to work correctly?

Try another 'fresh' browser, and when asked if you
want 'extra this or that' with it (pop-up blocking,
toolbars etc.) say 'no'.

Andrew T.

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