I just updated to the latest version of Sun's Java. Now on a lot of web pages in order to view some of Java applets you have to turn off Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player! I had to download a switch to turn Flash Player on and off. This is really wild. When I turn off Flash Player the Java script comes up perfectly, but if there is a Flash Player on the page, it will not play of course because it is turned off. When I switch back and turn Flash Player back on, the page reloads and the Java script or applet will not appear, but can view the Flashplayer animations or video. Is this the fault of: Sun Java J2SE Runtime Enviroment Adobe Macromedia Flash Player or Internet Explorer 6 SP1 Anyone know of a fix for this, so I can get rid of the switch.. Thanks

Maybe you now need to update Flash Player to mantain compatibility - just thinking aloud! DerekW

Thank you Derek for at least thinking out loud, but I also have the latest version of Flash Player installed also. It's either an ActiveX problem or like you said, a compatibility problem. I e-mailed Sun Java and waiting for a reply, but that was 3 days ago, so I am not holding my breath for some answers from them.

Since then I did finally re-install MSJVM Build 3810 ( I manually deleted all the "dummy" files that were left after using the uninstall app). I downloaded Build 3809 first, then updated with Build 3810. Did a jview and it showed that Build 3810 was indeed installed on my computer and working properly. Also, I re-installed Sun Java's J2SE Runtime Enviroment 5.0 Update 7. Both Javas running side by side, because I did run across one site I frequently visit that needs Sun's Java, like you said, some sites updated, some did not... The problem I have has nothing to do with Java as I found out. The problem stems from the installation of Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player and it doesn't matter what version I use, the problem still exists. How I found this out was I competely removed all Java from from computer according to erpmans directions. Tried the web page with Flash Player installed. The problem was still there. I uninstalled Flash Player and the problem was gone. When Flash Player is installed, the page will not show or download certain text on the page, and, get this, there are NO Flash movies or animations on the page either! The page is written with NASApp... more about that here: http://access1.sun.com/techarticles/context.html Evidently pages written using Sun's application will not work when Flash Player is installed on my machine. The text I am missing are modules on the page using NASApp! That is why only certain parts of the page are missing and not all.

Wish I knew - seems nobody else is about either (or perhaps everyone is foxed). The only long shot I can think of is to run IE Repair just in case it has got screwed somehow. You double click the MS Internet Explorer & Tools entry in CP/Add-Remove to get the option. This might also be of interest: IE FIX I'm afraid I'm just thinking aloud again though because there's no real reason to assume IE is the culprit. Might be worth reposting the problem, couched in terms of what you've now proved. Unfortunately double posting is frowned upon on here, so it would be best to let this post move down a bit further if you intend to do so. Newer posts sometimes attract attention although the Windows ME forum is pretty quiet these days. I suppose there is always the Web Development forum. One might have thought this was something they would know about, although I didn't get far when I posted something kinda similar (no response). Finally, I suppose you could see if it is still the same using Firefox. It's an add-on browser that can be easily installed/uninstalled. DerekW