Detect VM on Win XP where no VM is installed
843811Oct 8 2002 — edited Nov 17 2002Hi all,
can anbody tell how i can detect if a Java VM is installed or not installed on Windows XP.
NOTE: Following described here (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndetect/html/detectvm.asp)
does not work on Windows XP where no JVM is installed, because the CLSID "08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608500" for the Microsoft VM is available in the Registry although it is not installed on Win XP!
Also OBJECT/APPLET Tag can't be used on Win XP where no VM is available, because you get the "Installation when required" message box in the IE!
I know also that the the SP1 includes the Microsoft VM, but I don't will use this! Also its easier for our customers to download the JRE (9 MB) instead of the SP1 (130 MB) ;-).
Does anybody knows how I can detect this using VBScript inside a HTML Page ?
We need this to automatically install the Sun Java Plug-in on the customer PC if no VM is available!
This is very important for us!!!
Thanx
Michael