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[beermat]

argle!
I need to install MS Visual Studio 6 (enterprise), but the Setup for it refuses to go any further till I let it "update MS Virtual Machine for Java". I don't trust it - it's 4 years old product that wants to furkle with MS Java. dilema time!

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[lproven.livejournal.com]

Just do it and re-update the JVM afterwards? What's so scary?

[beermat]

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...

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but you can (with a bit of hunting) doqnload the JVM separately. Just grab the latest, install away, then bung it back on.