Marg, >>Should I uninstall Java then install it again?<< Yes And a correction -- Don't install it again. Keep Javascript and get rid of Java as it creates many problems and you don't need it. Joan >From snowy Massachusetts. ================= FROM another Joan: >>I stress that everything I have read says it is still important despite Oracle's recent updates to disable JAVA in your Web browsers...each one you use to access ANY Web sites. By disabling JAVA in the browsers you have not disabled JAVA applets that may be used ON YOUR COMPUTER for various older programs that may still apply JAVA and THESE are considered safe to use and keep enabled. The reason is that the vulnerabilities reported by the Dept. of Homeland Security all involve infiltration and infections through the Internet---via browsers with JAVA enabled...not from any use of JAVA applets ON your local computer system. JAVA vulnerabilities were responsible for much of the Internet ID theft (according to Homeland Security) and also is responsible for the recent Facebook hacking and the very recent Apple, Inc. hacking. This is something we ALL should be doing to protect us regardless of our antivirus and spyware/malware software being updated.<< :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Done............and it works. Thank you Joan......from snowy Massachusetts. I don't know what I would do without this site. I read all the inquiries and have learned so much. Living here in the B.C. Cariboo I know what lots of snow is........ LOL ....and right now my grandson iceskates from his home to mine.......on the road!! Marg >From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dasmi1170@aol.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 12:43 PM Subject: [COMPUTERS] Fwd: Fwd: Java Problem?- A correction in my answer Marg, >>Should I uninstall Java then install it again?<< Yes And a correction -- Don't install it again. Keep Javascript and get rid of Java as it creates many problems and you don't need it. Joan >From snowy Massachusetts. ================= FROM another Joan: >>I stress that everything I have read says it is still important despite Oracle's recent updates to disable JAVA in your Web browsers...each one you use to access ANY Web sites. By disabling JAVA in the browsers you have not disabled JAVA applets that may be used ON YOUR COMPUTER for various older programs that may still apply JAVA and THESE are considered safe to use and keep enabled. The reason is that the vulnerabilities reported by the Dept. of Homeland Security all involve infiltration and infections through the Internet---via browsers with JAVA enabled...not from any use of JAVA applets ON your local computer system. JAVA vulnerabilities were responsible for much of the Internet ID theft (according to Homeland Security) and also is responsible for the recent Facebook hacking and the very recent Apple, Inc. hacking. This is something we ALL should be doing to protect us regardless of our antivirus and spyware/malware software being updated.<< :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3681/7013 - Release Date: 01/18/14

"Keep Javascript and get rid of Java as it creates many problems and you don't need it." Java Script and Java and two unrelated functions. http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_javascript.xml J. Asche On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 3:43 PM, <Dasmi1170@aol.com> wrote: > > Marg, > >>>Should I uninstall Java then install it again?<< > Yes And a correction -- Don't install it again. Keep Javascript and get rid of Java as it creates many problems and you don't need it.