Question about Java

Java is java - the browser won't make any difference as to how it works.
You didn't tell us what version of the Sun JVM you loaded - 1.4.2 is the
last major release and 5.0 is the current release. If you have an older
version than 1.4.2 you should uninstall it and upgrade to at least the 1.4.2
version; if you have one of these two versions you should uninstall it and
install the other version as a test.

You must uninstall the prior version before installing a different one
because Sun Java will happily run with multiple active versions - bad news
in and of itself. ;-(

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"Peabody" wrote in message
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I subscribe to a website that operates on an extensive Java applet,
and found that some parts didn't display properly - mainly long
lines being truncated. The support guy there said I needed to
install the Sun version of Java, which I did. And that indeed did
solve the truncation problem I had been having.

But it also brought a number of other problems that I had not
experienced with the MS builtin Java:

Portions of the screen not redrawing, leaving them black.

General problems with overlaying windows not displaying right - not
on top, strange vertical black lines, etc.

Everything is very jerky and blinky and slow.

Clicking on the X at the upper right to close a minor window
immediately shuts down ALL windows, dumps me off the site
completely, and dumps an error log on my desktop.

Well, I finally uninstalled Sun Java and everything is back to
normal, but still with truncated lines.

I'm still running IE 5.5 SP2, and I wonder if upgrading to 6.0 would
make any difference in the way Java stuff works - either the ML
version or in the way the Sun version works. Or is there anything
else I can do to improve things?

I can't upgrade to XP on this computer, and am not ready to spring
for a new one, so I'm looking for a way to make this work if that's
possible.

Frankly, I'm a bit surprised that the Sun Java performed so poorly.
I would have expected it to work better than MS.

Good enough - if you still have problems drop back by. No guarantees but
we'll do what we can.

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"Peabody" wrote in message
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Never mind. I found it on the Java website. I've already
uninstalled 1.5, so I'll install 1.4.2 and see if it works any
better.


Peabody says...


Richard G. Harper says...

Java is java - the browser won't make any difference as
to how it works. You didn't tell us what version of the
Sun JVM you loaded - 1.4.2 is the last major release and
5.0 is the current release. If you have an older
version than 1.4.2 you should uninstall it and upgrade
to at least the 1.4.2 version; if you have one of these
two versions you should uninstall it and install the
other version as a test.

You must uninstall the prior version before installing a
different one because Sun Java will happily run with
multiple active versions - bad news in and of itself.
;-(

The version I installed is 1.5.0.2, which is the latest as
far as I know. I didn't see anything about 1.4.2 on the
Java site. Where would I find that?

Glad to help get you going in the right direction.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]
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"Peabody" wrote in message
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I installed 1.4.2.08, and so far it works fine. None of the
glitches I had with 1.5.

I think the problem is going to be that the old versions of
Sun Java had a major security problem that was fixed only in
1.5. If so, I'll have to hope they eventually get 1.5
working with 98SE.

Anyway, thanks very much for the help.


Richard G. Harper says...

Good enough - if you still have problems drop back by.
No guarantees but we'll do what we can.

Never mind. I found it on the Java website. I've
already uninstalled 1.5, so I'll install 1.4.2 and see
if it works any better.