Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

Hey,

I cannot get JRE 1.6 update 1 to work on my Windows XP SP2 installation.

I have narrowed it down to applets not being about to run. I have tried many different applets from different sources, including games, java.sun.com, and javatester.org to mention a few. Java applications, however, work just fine.

I have tried multiple versions of JRE from 1.1 up to 1.6 and tried multiple browsers including IE7, FF 1.5.0.5 to 2.0.0.3, and Opera 9.2.

This problem is also occurring on a Windows XP SP2 VM installed on a macbook.

Below is a copy of my Java Console log:
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Java Plug-in 1.6.0_01
Using JRE version 1.6.0_01 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Anthony


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c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
p: reload proxy configuration
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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load: class MovingFractalTree.class not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: MovingFractalTree.class
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed.
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
... 10 more

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The IO Exception and the fact that it happens on all applets leads me to believe a network issue, but I have had no other network issues and other users with winxp report that it is working fine.

I will check my network settings, but does anyone have any other advice?

Thanks,

ashughes