[Resolved] Virtual Machine not present?

[The Hobo]

Whenever I try to go to play a Yahoo! game, it tells me:

To display this page correctly, you need to download and install the following components:

Java Virtual Machine

So I click download, and it downloads a small file, then directs me to a Microsoft page that says:

We're sorry. The page you are viewing requires that you have a more recent version of the Microsoft Virtual Machine on your system. To obtain an updated version of the Microsoft Virtual Machine, please go to Windows Update.

So then I trudge over to Windows Update, and there's nothing in there about Virtual Machine?

So, for the life of me, I can't find out how to get it working/downloaded?

[The Hobo]

Ah, found it: http://java-virtual-machine.net/download.html

[parksie]

You're better off with Sun's rather than MS's.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Originally posted by parksie
You're better off with Sun's rather than MS's.

Sun's is much slower.

[parksie]

Faster for me, and more importantly, better support for things like Swing than MS's.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Originally posted by parksie
Faster for me, and more importantly, better support for things like Swing than MS's.

I have Sun's java machine on XP, and MSVM on win2k.

It takes longer to load the applets in XP. Even though I notice XP's graphics rountines, atleast, are faster.

I don't like XP's memory management though. 2K's is far superior.

[parksie]

Sun's can be slower on startup due to the way its JIT works.

[The Hobo]

I just wanted to play dominoes...