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johnfowles · 02-17-2006, 04:44 PM

OK or not OK??? After months of procrastinating and untold glitches I have succeeded
in building my long planned new desktop using all new components yay.I also entered
the 21st century by installing Windows XP Media Centre Edition, which I have discovered
is a variety of XP Professional and includes SP2 (Service Pack 2) and moreover buying from http://www.tigerdirect.com
is inexplicably cheaper to buy than the XP Professional upgrade, despite the ability to install McE from scatch on to freshly formatted hard drive using thebootable CD
I have now successfully set up mIRC ready for his evening's chat
and thought I had better try the Java applet link (BLUE BUTTON).I then found that it simply would not load.
Some googling later I realised that this is a victim of the legal spat between Microsoft and the Java language developer Sun Microsystems. The settlement means that Microsoft are obliged to stop including their JVM (Java Virtual Machine) from all copies of XP currently being sold. On the Microsoft site they say that this now excudes copies of Windows XP that incorporate SP1 and SP2.
I suspect therefore that some of those chatters who have been getting in using the applet method either do not have XP
or if they do have not installed SP1 or SP2 or are using a MAC.
I have attempted to install a JVM from a tiny (238 KB) free file downloaded from the Sun site
but so far it seems vastly harder than installing mIRC.The obvious solution is therefore to ignore the Applet method and again recommend biting the bullet and installing mIRC.
This evening and tomorrow evening therefore I will be quizzing those who have yet to do that to check if they got in using the applet and if so do they have XP??
Mac addicts can meanwhile continue laughing their socks off!!
9pm EST Ladies and Jellyspoons
Links or buttons as before
John Fowles
For some unknown reason last Friday at least three chatters found themselves castaway in a foom where none of the ten or so of us inthe proper room were.I cannot explain this and can only repeat ad Nauseum
"GET mIRC""

[ February 17, 2006, 15:50: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

02-17-2006, 04:44 PM	#24
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	OK or not OK??? After months of procrastinating and untold glitches I have succeeded in building my long planned new desktop using all new components yay.I also entered the 21st century by installing Windows XP Media Centre Edition, which I have discovered is a variety of XP Professional and includes SP2 (Service Pack 2) and moreover buying from http://www.tigerdirect.com is inexplicably cheaper to buy than the XP Professional upgrade, despite the ability to install McE from scatch on to freshly formatted hard drive using thebootable CD I have now successfully set up mIRC ready for his evening's chat and thought I had better try the Java applet link (BLUE BUTTON).I then found that it simply would not load. Some googling later I realised that this is a victim of the legal spat between Microsoft and the Java language developer Sun Microsystems. The settlement means that Microsoft are obliged to stop including their JVM (Java Virtual Machine) from all copies of XP currently being sold. On the Microsoft site they say that this now excudes copies of Windows XP that incorporate SP1 and SP2. I suspect therefore that some of those chatters who have been getting in using the applet method either do not have XP or if they do have not installed SP1 or SP2 or are using a MAC. I have attempted to install a JVM from a tiny (238 KB) free file downloaded from the Sun site but so far it seems vastly harder than installing mIRC.The obvious solution is therefore to ignore the Applet method and again recommend biting the bullet and installing mIRC. This evening and tomorrow evening therefore I will be quizzing those who have yet to do that to check if they got in using the applet and if so do they have XP?? Mac addicts can meanwhile continue laughing their socks off!! 9pm EST Ladies and Jellyspoons Links or buttons as before John Fowles For some unknown reason last Friday at least three chatters found themselves castaway in a foom where none of the ten or so of us inthe proper room were.I cannot explain this and can only repeat ad Nauseum "GET mIRC"" [ February 17, 2006, 15:50: Message edited by: johnfowles ]