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Excellent documentary series that's been on Channel 4 recently.
I'm going to write about it tommorrow, I'm all writ out today. Just don't want to forget about it.
I'm going to write about it tommorrow, I'm all writ out today. Just don't want to forget about it.
Java is a programming language that is used everywhere and quite extensively on internet web pages. It is produced by Oracle Corporation.
It seems to be badly understood by many users and wrongly gets bad press from many Microsoft devotees. Java applets for instance perform the same type of task where we would have previously used ActiveX controls, for example on a web page. Java appears all over including within cars, mobile phones and even blue-ray players.
Often problems with Java that appear to be major are nothing of the sort. Warnings over 'code signing' and 'security' are for your safety.
From version 7.45 you will get a warning notice if Java applets that you try to use on a web page are not encoded with a code signing certificate. Note that this is just a warning on future releases. Our test page already uses a code signing certificate for your safety.
If you have any problems with Java then try this -
Go into Control Panel
Go into Java
Go into Security and set it to Medium
Go into General and take the tick out of temporary files then onto the Delete button. Leave the ticks in the top two options and OK
Go into Advanced and take the tick out of Enable the next generation of plug-ins and start the IE browser then close it
Put the tick back into Enable the next generation of plug-ins and start the IE browser then close it
Delete the contents in \users\yourname\Appdata\Local\Temp where yourname is your username.
If your Java appears to be slow when loading Java applets then the problem is NOT the applet. The most likely suspects are your own anti-virus programs and in particular AVG, Sophos, McAfee, or Norton 360. They are simply scanning the applet as it is downloading causing it to appear slow. If you visit their sites then you should adopt whatever they suggest as their best practice to alleviate the issues experienced with Java. Normally this involves stopping the anti-virus from scanning the temporary download directories.
Microsoft have best practice suggestions for all their operating systems which involve not scanning particular directories with anti-virus programs, these can be found by using most search engines and including the terms 'Microsoft', 'anti virus' and 'best practice'. Their own free Microsoft Security Essentials/Defender is already configured this way.
It seems to be badly understood by many users and wrongly gets bad press from many Microsoft devotees. Java applets for instance perform the same type of task where we would have previously used ActiveX controls, for example on a web page. Java appears all over including within cars, mobile phones and even blue-ray players.
Often problems with Java that appear to be major are nothing of the sort. Warnings over 'code signing' and 'security' are for your safety.
From version 7.45 you will get a warning notice if Java applets that you try to use on a web page are not encoded with a code signing certificate. Note that this is just a warning on future releases. Our test page already uses a code signing certificate for your safety.
If you have any problems with Java then try this -
Go into Control Panel
Go into Java
Go into Security and set it to Medium
Go into General and take the tick out of temporary files then onto the Delete button. Leave the ticks in the top two options and OK
Go into Advanced and take the tick out of Enable the next generation of plug-ins and start the IE browser then close it
Put the tick back into Enable the next generation of plug-ins and start the IE browser then close it
Delete the contents in \users\yourname\Appdata\Local\Temp where yourname is your username.
If your Java appears to be slow when loading Java applets then the problem is NOT the applet. The most likely suspects are your own anti-virus programs and in particular AVG, Sophos, McAfee, or Norton 360. They are simply scanning the applet as it is downloading causing it to appear slow. If you visit their sites then you should adopt whatever they suggest as their best practice to alleviate the issues experienced with Java. Normally this involves stopping the anti-virus from scanning the temporary download directories.
Microsoft have best practice suggestions for all their operating systems which involve not scanning particular directories with anti-virus programs, these can be found by using most search engines and including the terms 'Microsoft', 'anti virus' and 'best practice'. Their own free Microsoft Security Essentials/Defender is already configured this way.
Excellent documentary series that's been on Channel 4 recently.
I'm going to write about it tommorrow, I'm all writ out today. Just don't want to forget about it.
I'm going to write about it tommorrow, I'm all writ out today. Just don't want to forget about it.