"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Norm Dresner wrote:
| > Whenever I bring up the Java Control panel -- either from IE or
| > from the Control Panel itself, all I get is a blank window. What
| > could be wrong with the system/installation?
|
| Shenan Stanley wrote:
| > http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
| >
| > Get the latest version of Java...
|
| Norm Dresner wrote:
| > I tried. But before it would install that it insisted on
| > installing an Active-X update and that failed because it couldn't
| > "download" one of the required files. Multiple retries were
| > useless.
| >
| > Any other suggestions?
|
| Did you try getting the offline installer?
|
| Download the latest version's offline installer:
| http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
|
| Specifically:
| http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10778
|
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| Shenan Stanley
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THANKS! THAT WORKS. (I'm shouting for joy.)
Hmm ... I wonder what could be wrong with my system ... I'm sure that
not everybody's attempt to do the automatic thing fails so why would my
system be unable to download a single, specific file?
Norm
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