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Two Java 6 updates installed on my computer...?

by raechelli Jul 7, 2009 6:36AM PDT

I have two Java 6 updates (updates 7 and 11) installed on my computer. They both take up a lot of space. Can I get rid of one/both of them?

Here is a screenshot from my Remove Programs list:
http://i28.tinypic.com/1zguj4p.jpg

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Remove Them Both And Install The Newest Update 14

by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Jul 7, 2009 6:55AM PDT

Here are those instructions:

Click on the link to Sun's Java below, then scroll down and click on the ''Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE)-JRE 6 Update 14'' download button. Follow the prompts, select the Windows platform and the "Language", accept the license agreement, then download the full ''Windows OFFLINE Installation'' file to your desktop,(about 15 MB), scan it with your antivirus (just to be sure it's clean). Once that's done, if you've already got a Sun Java version on the computer, open the Control Panel, double click on the ''Add/Remove Programs'' section, then uninstall all previous versions of the J2SE Java listed there. Once that's done, then install Java JRE 6u14 from the downloaded installer.

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Thanks!

by raechelli Jul 7, 2009 8:07AM PDT

Ohh, okay! That helps a lot--thank you so much!

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