G--I really don't have a clue when it comes to downloading--anything I have actually have I got by pure luck. This java said it was going to d/l to C: Program Files and I MIGHT have changed it to go to My Downloads, but it is in neither place, nothing about Java. Then I did a search and that comes up with a long list of java stuff, but nothing I know what to do with. When I d/l it I clicked on the 'run' box, maybe I didn't save it. My whole machine is cluttered up with bits and pieces of things like that, things I never completed, etc., but it'll have to stay this way because I don't know what to do about it. I'm afraid if I start deleting stuff I'll mess up my whole system. Unless I could delete the whole list and start from scratch with no Java and just d/l it like it was new? Don't worry about condescending, as I'm the first to admit I'm a complete moron when it comes to computers, all I want is for it to work when I turn it on! ~Glo P.S. At the bottom of that long list was what I did the other day, the 14th, and it said "prefetch"-- does that tell you anything? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 7:58 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Java Update > Glo, once it's finished downloading, are you then separately instructing > it > to install? Most downloads only place the file on your hard drive in a > location of your choice, but that's not enough to actually have it > installed > within the operating system. for that, you have to go to the downloaded > file and double click on it to begin the installation procedure built into > the file. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------