JAVA - old & new?

As I understand it, I should remove old versions of Java, as I just updated, to the most recent one?

Thanks, for info.

 

It's enough to have 1 version (the newest). Unlike with the .NET Framework; here it is recommendable to have the previous versions.

 

I believe that is correct.... remove the old ones....

 

Where did you get Java 6 Update 4 ? The Adobe site says I have the latest version Java 6 Update 3

Yes as others have said, uninstall the older versions.

 

Check here: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Latest is Update 4...

 

Thanks, guess This page and This page aren't kept up to date with the SDN version

I now have update 4

 

Really? When I follow the link to JRE u4, I get this


Also the java thingy in control panel reports no newer versions that JRE u3

 

It doesn't work here, Ron.

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rich

 

What is the difference between Java and Java Runtime Environment? According to my Opera|About I have:

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rich

 

hah finally got it...pain in the ** site....

this worked..update4
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHO...roductRef=jre-6u4-b-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer

 

There are Secure\Non-Secure items contained on the page which may or may not be a cause for those users not able to access the site successfully.

 

u mean this?

first try on ronjor's link didn't work either....weird stuff

~Link removed. Let's stick with the official Java site. - Ron~

 

Ah, well, https -- I didn't notice... I was testing earlier and had a firewall rule to block all port 443 execept my customs

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rich

 

Yes, but not in firefox for some reason. Whatever I did in firefox, it would only show the "product you requested is not available" page. Went there in IE, and it worked.

Thanks Ronjor

 

Mysterious! The link worked for me in Firefox and I now have the latest update (another thanks to Ronjor and Kerodo!).

Still, Secunia was informing me that Update 3 was the latest and, even more baffling, when I used "Verify Installation" on Sun's Java site, it stated I had the latest version at a time when I had Version 6 Update 3 installed.

 

I tried the x64 version for Vista Ultimate 64 bit and couldn't make it work. So I used the 32 bit Java update for my 64 bit Vista and all seems to run fine.

Anyone else run into this with 64 bit Vista?

Downloaded JRE 6u4, 4th option down and chose the 15.12 Mb file. I assumed the x64 (13.05 MB file) was for 64 bit Windows, but it wouldn't work with 64 bit Vista in my application. So I uninstalled it and used the i586 version.

 

Forget that this "food for thought's" slightly dated Speedlever. Search around, there's more.

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JavaTM SE 6 Release Notes
Supported System Configurations

First two browser footnotes:
- 64-bit support for Java Plug-in software is currently not available
- For 64-bit versions of Solaris OS, Linux and Windows support is for 32-bit browsers only

 

Hey Fuser, nobody read's those.

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