I think he said 7. But you could be right about using both. Either way it does sound like it's more likely to to solve his USPS problem than his start page problem. It was just the only thing that came to mind at the time. No argument on Blackboard.
This does ring a vague kind of other bell, though... Manage Add-ons? On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 64 bit JVM is for running 64 bit Java programs, and it seems like > most OSes that are 64 bit have both. > > I try to run everything that can be run in 64 bit in 64 bit, because > it's faster, usually. Sometimes there are issues running 32 bit stuff > in 64 bit stuff, I think. > > Blackboard is nasty, IMHO. :) > > The only reason that I could think of IE needing the JVM is for stuff > like blackboard, or banner, etc., which use java applets and whatnot > (basically stuff that needs java). > > I don't think it's hitting the JVM up for stuff otherwise. I wouldn't > think it would be an issue with a blank homepage, for instance. I'm > no expert tho, so maybe it could do something. > > I missed the IE version, but I'm assuming it's 8, which doesn't even > have a setting for which JVM to use anymore (it just uses Sun's, > thankfully). > > Here's to hoping the logs shed some light on the issue! > > :Den > > -- > Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved > it. > Baltasar Gracian > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dana wrote: >> >> try www.java.com/getjava/ and see what it tells you about the version >> you have. Once you have the correct/most updated version, you can >> remove the old ones -- remember, as long as you can browse, you can >> always download them again, worst comes to worst. >> >> If it doesn't fix your freeze, it might take care of your USPS issue. >> >> The only thing I am wondering is whether there is such a thing as a >> 32-bit app that doesn't know what to do with a 64-bit JVM? And if so >> whether you need to use it. But any harm cause by trying this would be >> relatively easy to fix with another download. >> >> When the community college was running an unpatched install of >> Blackboard, it sometimes mattered a LOT what JVM the users had. Once >> they got the patch on, not so much. >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> If I go to add remove programs, I see two jvms. the regular and the 64 bit. >>> Could that be the problem? >>> >>> I was trying to use the usps print shipping label which uses java. Had a >>> terrible time installing it. Had to do it three times, trying different >>> browsers. >>> >>> Do I need both? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> only thing that comes to mind is JVM? maybe? what version are you running? >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Ok, now I'm also unable to click on my computer and the recycle bin on >>>> the >>>> > desktop. The icons don't highlight and clicking does nothing. >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Matthew Smith <[email protected] >>>> >wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Just put my new rig together last month. >>>> >> >>>> >> win 7 64, core i7, 6 gigs, etc. >>>> >> >>>> >> I've recently had a problem with ie freezing when I open it. I get the >>>> >> browser, but no page and nothing in the url. It says "connecting" in >>>> the >>>> >> tab. Can't close it. Have to go into task manager and close it. any >>>> way to >>>> >> troubleshoot this? >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
