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More info?)
It's entirely possible that the slipstreamed version of W2K/SP4 has Java
removed from it. If you had installed W2K from any older version and then
installed SP4 as I did, you would have the Java VM. I don't think that
IE6 affects the issue one way or the other.
Adrian <adystrash@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I can confirm that myself. MS no longer includes Java VMs in their OSs and
> does not have any previous ones available for download; they refer visitors
> to the Sun site.
> But that's not my question. I have read on the MS website and elsewhere that
> W2K does include a Java VM by default. However, I have got a W2K SP4
> slipstreamed installation and there does not seem to be a VM installed. I
> certainly haven't removed it myself (and nobody else has touched my pc). So,
> I'm wondering if there is something about the SP4 upgrade that removes the
> VM (or, if slipstreamed, just doesn't install it).
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> "WoofWoof" <oftenbark@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:42d3e163$3_1@spool9-west.superfeed.net...
>> One of the guys will correct me if I'm wrong but I believe MS lost a
>> lawsuit to Sun and can no longer include the Microsoft Java. You have to
>> get one from Sun.
>>
>> Adrian wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If I install W2K then SP4 and then upgrade IE to 6.0 SP1 should this
>>> installation include the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine? I thought so,
>>> but I don't seem to have it installed. I know how to obtain it, but I
>>> want to know if I should already have it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Adrian
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Gary L. Smith gls432@yahoo.com
Columbus, Ohio
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