I resolved the problem. Just go to Sun's test page: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
It will check to see if all needed components are up-to-date.
Whenever IE6 tries to display a Java application, I get a white window where it should open and then IE6 locks up. I installed Sun Java several months ago and this just started happening. When I use Firefox at the same URL, it works fine. Anybody have a fix? Thank you.

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