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When I try to enter any chat room, my browser shuts down since I migrated to Windows 7.  Do I have to install something Java-related?
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The chat rooms I usually go to show a message that says my browser needs to be "Java compatible".  How do I change this in IE8?
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I've downloaded Java, but the main chatroom I go to still says my browser is "not Java enabled."
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I'm using IE8 and Java is shown as installed and enabled in that browser.
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it might be as simple as clicking the 'compatibility mode' button at the right edge of the address bar... that site probably doesn't work right with IE8

or use firefox instead, it's much safer too.
Changing Java was fraught with problems in older versions and systems, but since Windows 7 has been introduced, Sun Java have been much improved in this respect. I have not had to do the above in Windows 7 to get Java to work, and the recent upgrades have been flawless.

@NigelRocks - please let us know what the Java test shows (my prior post). ... Thinkpads_User
When I go to that page (or any other), I'm told that add-ons are disabled.  However, when I go to the list of add-ons, they are all enabled.
 
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When I go to the above link, I get a bunch of clip-art pictures; the devil, etc.
If you get all six squares on the conficker link, that is good.

I still do not have a clear answer to my question about the specific Sun Java test link I posted above.

I think you are telling me it failed (which means Java is not really installed). ... Thinkpads_User
I've gone to the test link, but I see no buttons or anything else on the page that tells it to test for Java.  Not everything is rendering on the page because it thinks some of my add-ons are disabled when they're not.  I'll run the test if I can get by the rendering issue.
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I fixed it by going into Tools/Options/Advanced in IE8 and enabling everything that has to do with Java.
Thank you, and I am glad you got it sorted out. ... Thinkpads_User