Because in between then and now MS furkled with Java, got told to stop furkling with it, stopped supplying it, all kinds of dim witted things.
the 'scarey' bit is for the few web sites that I have to use IE for potentially getting more broken (one gets the feel for when something is using MS centric stuff, as the site just doesn't *do* what it should) and in case the install left it in a state where the MS updater decided it couldn't / wouldn't / shouldn't update the Java VM back to where it was before the dimwitted MS VS6 decided to downgrade the Java VM as it though it knew best. Did see some MS knowledgebase articles on Java VM updates / not doing them any more / something or other...
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the 'scarey' bit is for the few web sites that I have to use IE for potentially getting more broken (one gets the feel for when something is using MS centric stuff, as the site just doesn't *do* what it should) and in case the install left it in a state where the MS updater decided it couldn't / wouldn't / shouldn't update the Java VM back to where it was before the dimwitted MS VS6 decided to downgrade the Java VM as it though it knew best. Did see some MS knowledgebase articles on Java VM updates / not doing them any more / something or other...