Which version of Tomcat did you download?
If 5.0.x , it will run on 1.4.x jdk.
If 5.5.x, it will run on 1.5 (or 5.0) JRE and with the compat patch it will also run on jdk 1.4.x
I think the new 1.5 java has an update feature and some other things??? built into it that has it phone home. The applet should still run. I have see the new logo on my desktop and applets run fine.
You may try to block the app from getting to the Internet with a firewall.
The 1.5 adds a Java setting console to Control Panel. It allows you to turn off updates and make other changes.
Doug
----- Original Message ----- From: "David W. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:47 AM
Subject: J2SE 5.0 redirects applets to java.com
Hello Tomcat users and gurus (Dev too). I have been using Tomcat and some version of jdk for several years. Tomcat is my servlet server of choice mostly on Linux systems when my employers allow such things. I recently downloaded the lastest (yesterday) binary for Windows XP. Seeing that the new Tomcat will only run under the new J2SE 5.0 I downloaded and installed: jdk1.5.0_01 executable. After installation the old familiar Tomcat page came up as usual at: http://localhost:8080. What happened next is for my part inexplicable. I lost all ability to run any type of applet except for: file://<someapplet>.html. Any applets using: HTTP:// where redirected to: http://java.com with the new Java Logo animated sunburst in the middle of the webpage. All applets regardless of source: local or public IP where re-directed to: http://java.com. The remedy was to uninstall J2SE 5.0. Needless to say I am severely hampered by not being able to run Tomcat because of a wayward jdk. I have sent this problem to java.com contact email but so-far ignored by java.com. If anyone has any comments, suggestions, remedies, rants or raves please reply.
David Brown IT/COMMO KBR - USMI KIRKUK AB 281-669-1655x102
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