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Java updates, are they to blame?


Mrs Hyde

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Can anyone tell me what these are? over the last few days Ive downloaded 3, then when i booted up my pc yesterday, it said "windows failed to start" and referred to any software i had downloaded, as id only downloaded Java, could this be to blame?

Thanks..:)

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Java is a language that helps you run some programs on web sites. It checks home every now and again to see if there are any updates, and then downloads and installs them.

 

I think it will be unusual if the Java updates are the cause of this - I've installed them all so far and all is well for me, so far.

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Java is a language that helps you run some programs on web sites. It checks home every now and again to see if there are any updates, and then downloads and installs them.

 

I think it will be unusual if the Java updates are the cause of this - I've installed them all so far and all is well for me, so far.

 

Ok thanks :)

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It checks home every now and again to see if there are any updates, and then downloads and installs them.

 

Only if you allow it to do so:thumbsup:

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When windows is starting up. Press F8 to get the start up options screen, then start in Safemode. Do a System restore to a point in time before you downloaded the updates.

(Start > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore)

 

Java itself is fairly safe to install but Windows might have gone a bit wonky when installing the updates.

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Can anyone tell me what these are? over the last few days Ive downloaded 3, then when i booted up my pc yesterday, it said "windows failed to start" and referred to any software i had downloaded, as id only downloaded Java, could this be to blame?

Thanks..:)

 

Make sure that unknowingly you dont have more Java installed than you need. Yesterday I set out to decrap my computer and found in "add remove programs" this load of Java

 

 

Java runtime enviroment se v1.4.2_6 Total 138mb

Java se v1.4.2_16 Total 428mb

Java 6 update 3 Total 111mb

Java 6 update 5 Total 114mb

Grand total 791mb

 

Just gained about 650mb of disc space on this alone.

 

I dont know if there is any truth in it a friend told me Java does not uninstall its old programs when you install a new version

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