Re: Which JVM?

midrange-l-bounces+markp=softlanding.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/13/2005 
03:05:51 PM:

> I was having an issue with Fix Central.  They like to think they are 
> flawless so they assumed that it was because I was running some older 
> version of JVM.  I downloaded the latest JVM from Sun and started using 
> that with IE.  Now my IE locks up very often - especially when using 
> Infocenter.  And then doing a search is a guaranteed lockup.
> Add/Remove programs shows:
> Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.3.1_04
> Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.4.1_04
> Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.4.2_06
> 
> When I check out the JVM from within IE it shows the last one.
> 
> 1 - Will removing one of these help?  Does having more confuse IE?
> 2 - Will removing one of these hurt, like harming WDSC?

I can answer the second one.  WDSC includes its own JVM and will not be 
impacted by your decision.  Java 1.4.2_06 includes a fairly significant 
security fix, so I would not remove it.

I would probably uninstall all 3, and then reinstall the most recent.

Mark


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