Ian - Clicked on your link and the Sun page opened but so did the error message and everything closed. Should I uninstall all Java and start again?

The Other Kevin,

I am not sure what is causing this and it may actually have a deeper root cause. however, if you are confident that nothing will be disturbed by uninstalling Java VM and re installing it this may be an option - sorry to be so vague, but it is hard for me to diagnose remotely.

Ian

If I uninstall is the link you have given the one for reinstalling? I seem to have two Java programmes installed - JavaSoft and Java j2rel.4.2_04. Should I try by uninstalling the latter first?

EDIT: P.S I'm confident about nuffink!

Martini, in Explorer go Tools/Folder Options/View tab and tick show hidden files and folders.

Kevin,

I am not sure what these 2 are and would not like to advise you on this without first finding out.

Does anybody else here know what effects this may have if uninstalled?

Ian

TOK, I would just remove it and then reinstall it. But try shutting down any java sessions you have running and then using the link IanT gave above, it might be easiest to do this by restarting your machine and going straight to that link so if you Right click on the link and save it as a favourite, then restart and then go straight to that link.

No guarantees by the way ;-)

Ian and Spaceman - I've done a Google search and found the error message on the Java forum. The recommendation was to attack the Java Plug-in on the Control Panel. I've had a look there and clicked on an Apply and a Reset and we seem to be up and running again. Many thanks to you both for your help. I also did a Regsitry Mechanic check which turned up with 14 faults but none of them seemed to be Java related. It all probably arose when I was freeing up some disc space yesterday and uninstalled some unwanted programmes.

Edited: Only 14 faults, thank goodness. 114 was my typo.

Kevin,

Glad to se it is sorted.

Ian

Seymour

MAx 20 days to replace.

Not sure you mean it was bought only a short time ago. But if the goods were sold to you and is not functional you can return to vendor and ask for replacement or repair for upto at least 6mths and I think even longer. It has to be of "merchandisable" quality.

Cheers guys sorted now
M

SC, thanks for your comments.

Can somebody help me (again!) please. How can I take a screen shot?

Thanks.

Mr Euro. press print screen and then use edit paste to put it into a document or email.

PrintScreen does the whole screen
Shift/Printscreen does the current window

Thanks :-)

Mr E , you having trouble with your aol thingy again ?


:-)

No :-)

lol

Thought I'd just update this thread re my questions about the W2k operating system of 100 posts or so ago.

Anyway, my husband has now installed W2k on the children's computers and all is fine. However, I asked the question as to whether a copy of W2k which had originally been supplied with a new Dell (there are lots of them for sale on E-Bay!) would work on any brand of PC and the concensus was that it would. Apparently (and I can't verify this), MS operating systems supplied new with Dell PC's actually check the BIOS to confirm that the machine is a Dell before proceeding with the installation and will not work on other brand machines. From what I can work out, the opposite is not necessarily the case with software originally supplied with other brands of machine.

Thanks Hilary, good to know :-)

Hi all

Hopefully someone can help. every now and again ( a couple of times each day ) my computer plays a sound like a creaking or trap door opening. there is no associated program - im wondering whether it is a virus?

Has anyone else had or heard of this - any ideas gratefully received!

fundementalist, I have not heard of a creaking virus but that does not mean there isnt one! Have you checekf for virus's (viri?) in your PC? Are you sure its not an application? What Operating system are you using?