[Ham-Computers] Java update problem (Jim Hill)

[Jim Hill]

Hi John:
Java runs fine, but just noticed something interesting.  I have two 
computers I use frequently, plus a 3rd that has limited use (my wife 
and daughter use it, primarily to play easy games and get online 
news).  All run Win XP. I checked to see if Java was installed by 
going to C:\Program Files. Only one has Java installed, and I don't 
recall having any problems using the other two that might have been 
caused by no Java. Well, there were some games they had problems 
using, but I didn't pay much attention.  Do you know of any typical 
app's that require Java?

I guess that if you had serious problems in the future, you could 
uninstall Java and see what happens.  If future updates occur, you 
could run the normal update and if you have issues, use Revo 
Uninstaller to uninstall Java, go to their download site and select 
the "manual" download.  I think they will attempt to fix this problem 
before another update is available.
Jim


At 04:48 PM 10/19/2010, you wrote:
>Jim and all - wonder how you did on JRE V6 U22?  My XP that never 
>hangs continued the fine record and updated to 22 without a hitch; 
>my XP that hung on U21 hung again on U22!  So again, Revo 
>slaughtered it and I did a manual install on U22.
>
>Going to change my strategy: totally removed the XP that hangs from 
>auto update, and will let the auto update on the other XP tell 
>me.  When I an told an update is there, I will manually remove the 
>old one, probably completely clean the Java and Sun folders, check 
>the registry, then go get new update and install from scratch.
>
>I suspect the code coming down to the Windows Installer is not as 
>clean as it needs to be.
>
>John
>
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