Network Operations Center -- John James, 03/10/2006

The version of Java provided by Microsoft in Internet Explorer does not work with some sites. Follow these instructions to install Sun's version of Java. Sun are the originators of the Java language.

1. Go to http://java.sun.com
2. On the right side of the page, you will see “Popular Downloads”
3. Click the link that says “J2SE 5.0”

4. On the subsequent download page, look down to the middle of the  page and find the link that says “Download JRE 5.0 Update 6”
5. Click that link.

6. On the subsequent page, check the box next to “Accept License Agreement”

7. That removes the license section.
8. The first set of download links says “Windows Platform”
9. Click the first link that says “Windows Offline Installation, Multi-language”

10.   Click “save”
11.   On the “Save as” dialog box, pick a spot on your hard drive to place the file.
12.   Save the file to that location (this will take some time; it’s a relatively large file).
13.   Go to the location to which you saved the file and double click the file to run it
    (it will be called jre-1_5_0_06-windows-i586-p.exe)
14.   Leave the default setting as “Typical Setup”
15.   Click “Accept”
16.   Once the install is done, click “finish.”
17.   Reboot your computer for good measure.

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