Downloading and installing Java
807600May 21 2007 — edited May 22 2007I recently got a new computer with Win XP Pro with SP 2, and I tried to run my old jdk 1.2.1 apps (like appletviewer and javac), but none of them work. For example, if I run "appletviewer drawTest.html" from my command line like I've always done it, I get an error msg saying that "appletviewer.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" with the option to send an error report to Microsoft about the problem. I am assuming that my old jdk 1.2.1 does not work with Win XP like it did with my old Win2kPro, and that I need to d/l and install a new version of the Java Development Kit. The problem is, I've been "out of the loop" so long that when I go to the Sun site, I don't know which file to d/l. Would it be the JDK 6u1 or what? I'm sorry if I sound really dumb. I'm still a n00b, and your help will be greatly appreciated.
Syster Tara