Unable to get Java update

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I post this on here for 2 reasons

1. Does this become a security issue

2. The recent ADOBE problem and the suggestion to disable java script

 

I'm not that well versed in these areas so my question may be stupid.

 

I had a pop up message from Java that indicated an update was ready to install (my program checks like 1 time per month).

 I clicked ok but then got a failure message

Did anyone else get a prompt for a JAVA update? Did anyone lese have a failure to update?

 

Are Java updates necessary for the security of one's system?

Message Edited by NY1986 on 03-06-2009 10:30 AM
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thanks. Actually I wonder if it is because I'm logged on as user with limited privledges? I use to be able to log on that way and if I needed to do something that only the admin could do, I could input the admin password. But that doesn't seem to allow me the privledge in all cases. I noticed that when I tried to update real player and when my wife tried to download games. I wonder if there was a norton improvement that keeps this trechnique from working? I have windows Vista set with user account control, but only NAV2008.

I didn't think NAV2008 would have such function?

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Try signing on to an admin account and see what happens.  This Live Update is an entirely different entity than previous ones.

 

Good luck.

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The best way to keep safe is always be up to date with java. All apps by the way. If not updated malware is mostly able to find wholes

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I logged on as admin and was able to successfully run the Java update

 

I now have Java 6 Update 12  (version 6.0.120) which I assume is the lates

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Yep, well done. A fully patched machine is your first line of defense

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Remember to mark the solution so that other visitors will know that the thread has a solution to the initial problem and where it is.

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I was going to, but I had one more follow up question

 

How long ago did you notice this change as to only being able to download or upgrade some products logged on only as admin?

 

M wife use to be able to download games as limited user as long as she put in the admin password. But about 2 months ago, she was no longer able to do so

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I never really noticed this since Vista is only on my son’s machine, which I maintain through my log on full admin account.

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I post this on here for 2 reasons

1. Does this become a security issue

2. The recent ADOBE problem and the suggestion to disable java script

 

I'm not that well versed in these areas so my question may be stupid.

 

I had a pop up message from Java that indicated an update was ready to install (my program checks like 1 time per month).

 I clicked ok but then got a failure message

Did anyone else get a prompt for a JAVA update? Did anyone lese have a failure to update?

 

Are Java updates necessary for the security of one's system?

Message Edited by NY1986 on 03-06-2009 10:30 AM