Another java question

[Han]

I feel real stupid for asking this: My new machine, using parts and pieces
bought mostly at Newegg and put together by the undersigned, does not seem
to have Java of any kind installed, as far as I can tell. All software was
installed by me on a bare hard drive, using Windows XP Pro/Media Ctr, with
a new Gigabyte motherboard. Then all other software was installed, no
Java, AFAIK.

Yet I am able to get to the New York server of Speakeasy which gives me (I
thought through a java applet) up and download speeds for my Verizon DSL at
3 Mbs-700 Kbps. 2800 Kbps down, 687 Kbps up, close enough for a Sunday
from North Jersey.

So how does this work? Is there something in Firefox to let Speakeasy do
this, not Java? I haven't consciously installed Java, just MS Office Pro
2003, but there is no uminstall for anything java in add/remove programs.

How to check whether I have Java? So far I haven't really had anything go
wrong webwise, except one or 2 things that Firefox couldn't handle, but IE
did. I have the latest MS updates ... Symantec firewall and AV (via
work), BOClean antitrojan, SuperAntispyware, and tested with Ad-aware and
Spybot.

Thanks in advance for your explanations!
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Best regards
Han
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[Ze Muffinman]

How to check if you have Java:
Go to http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/
Do you see:
A: Text at the top, or
B: Text at the top and a confusing thingyamajigger thing taking up most
of the botton of the screen with a tannish creature-like-thing.

If A, you do not have java, and you may download it at
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

If B, you do.

Badaboom, badabang.
Han wrote:
> I feel real stupid for asking this: My new machine, using parts and pieces
> bought mostly at Newegg and put together by the undersigned, does not seem
> to have Java of any kind installed, as far as I can tell. All software was
> installed by me on a bare hard drive, using Windows XP Pro/Media Ctr, with
> a new Gigabyte motherboard. Then all other software was installed, no
> Java, AFAIK.
>
> Yet I am able to get to the New York server of Speakeasy which gives me (I
> thought through a java applet) up and download speeds for my Verizon DSL at
> 3 Mbs-700 Kbps. 2800 Kbps down, 687 Kbps up, close enough for a Sunday
> from North Jersey.
>
> So how does this work? Is there something in Firefox to let Speakeasy do
> this, not Java? I haven't consciously installed Java, just MS Office Pro
> 2003, but there is no uminstall for anything java in add/remove programs.
>
> How to check whether I have Java? So far I haven't really had anything go
> wrong webwise, except one or 2 things that Firefox couldn't handle, but IE
> did. I have the latest MS updates ... Symantec firewall and AV (via
> work), BOClean antitrojan, SuperAntispyware, and tested with Ad-aware and
> Spybot.
>
> Thanks in advance for your explanations!
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid

[Han]

"Ze Muffinman" <truemuffinman@poetictimes.com> wrote in
news:1160349664.405826.285910@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com:

> How to check if you have Java:
> Go to http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/
> Do you see:
> A: Text at the top, or
> B: Text at the top and a confusing thingyamajigger thing taking up
> most of the botton of the screen with a tannish creature-like-thing.
>
> If A, you do not have java, and you may download it at
> http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
>
> If B, you do.
>

Thanks, Muffinma!

Badaboom, badabang.


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Best regards
Han
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[Tim Smith]

In article <Xns9856A220C8BF6ikkezelf@199.45.49.11>,
Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote:
> Yet I am able to get to the New York server of Speakeasy which gives me (I
> thought through a java applet) up and download speeds for my Verizon DSL at
> 3 Mbs-700 Kbps. 2800 Kbps down, 687 Kbps up, close enough for a Sunday
> from North Jersey.

Speakeasy's speed test (assuming you are talking about the ones at
www.speakeasy.net/speedtest) use Flash, not Java. You can check this by
right-clicking on them, and a menu with Flash options will pop up.

The tests at broadbandreports.com use Java. Maybe you were remembering
those?

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--Tim Smith

[Han]

Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote in
news:reply_in_group-158F69.22591208102006@news.supernews.com:

> In article <Xns9856A220C8BF6ikkezelf@199.45.49.11>,
> Han <nobody@nospam.not> wrote:
>> Yet I am able to get to the New York server of Speakeasy which gives
>> me (I thought through a java applet) up and download speeds for my
>> Verizon DSL at 3 Mbs-700 Kbps. 2800 Kbps down, 687 Kbps up, close
>> enough for a Sunday from North Jersey.
>
> Speakeasy's speed test (assuming you are talking about the ones at
> www.speakeasy.net/speedtest) use Flash, not Java. You can check this
> by right-clicking on them, and a menu with Flash options will pop up.
>
> The tests at broadbandreports.com use Java. Maybe you were
> remembering those?
>
Thanks! Both ways work, but the broadband reports site says I am quite a
bit slower than speakeasy. Of course, the closest server to me was not
available, and I had to go to Miami, rather than Parsippany ...

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Best regards
Han
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[David H. Lipman]

From: "Han" <nobody@nospam.not>


| Thanks! Both ways work, but the broadband reports site says I am quite a
| bit slower than speakeasy. Of course, the closest server to me was not
| available, and I had to go to Miami, rather than Parsippany ...
|


BTW: To see what the CURRENT running version of Sun Java is, open a Command Prompt and
type...

java -version

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Dave
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[Han]

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
news:WcrWg.1547$Gp4.139@trnddc08:

> From: "Han" <nobody@nospam.not>
>
>
>| Thanks! Both ways work, but the broadband reports site says I am
>| quite a bit slower than speakeasy. Of course, the closest server to
>| me was not available, and I had to go to Miami, rather than
>| Parsippany ...
>|
>
>
> BTW: To see what the CURRENT running version of Sun Java is, open a
> Command Prompt and type...
>
> java -version
>

Thanks David:
It's the latest (downloaded yesterday) 1.5.0_09

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Best regards
Han
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