Lil, Microsoft's version was stripped from them when it became apparent that they were trampling all over Sun's patents. Sun is the originator of the plugin, so theirs is the one to have. However, 5.0 Update 16 is an older version and not the one you want. The latest can always be found at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp. It shows version 6 Update 10 as the newest one available. You'll want to uninstall ALL instances of Java BEFORE installing this new one. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx> To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:39 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- java > Now I´m confused... I downloaded Java JSE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update > 16 > from the page Secunia sent me to but I don´t know if that replaces the > stuff > I had before... I don´t know anything about Java, but I do remember it was > Runtime Environment something. I also remember years ago someone telling > me > that Sun Java was much better than the Microsoft Virtual Machine, so I > then > switched to Java RE. Have I got everything muddled? Help!!! > > Lil --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk 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 the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------