Java stopped working after update in IE 8 on Windows XP
After updating Java to v7 Update 21, Java applets stopped working in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP machines. Windows 7 machines with IE9 were not affected. Other browsers running on Windows XP were also not affected.
Java plugin was enabled in IE and security settings were set correctly to allow Java in the browser.
When accessing Java enabled webpage Internet Explorer would display following message:
The page you are viewing uses Java. More information on Java support is available from the Microsoft website.
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Java 7 Update 21 does not work on Windows 8
Java 7 Update 21 refuses to work on Windows 8. Tested using Internet Explorer 10, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Internet Explorer and Firefox display following error instead of Java applet:
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ClassNotFoundException
testjava2_1.testVMApplet.class
Disable EU browser choice ballot using registry or group policy
To settle EU antitrust case Microsoft was forced to display a browser choice ballot screen to all EU based users.
This is normally displayed only once, but you can prevent this completely via a simple registry update.
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Can't re-install Google Hangout Voice and Video Plugin
Google+ Hangouts stopped working. Google+ Hangout page says that Google Voice and Video Plugin is installed, but cannot be launched. Then suggests to uninstall and re-install it, however, plugin is nowhere to be found in Windows Uninstall and Change program list.
After this, Google+ Hangouts page simply shows something like "Sorry, we couldn't resolve your issue"...
First of all, I downloaded GoogleVoiceAndVideoSetup.exe file from Google Chat page and tried to install it manually. This time installation was failing with error:
The installer encountered error 1603 fatal error during installation.
There was a link to find out more info about this error, which "helpfully" pointed to a non existing web page...
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