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Originally Posted by frufrugirl
tried the casinocrush..thought Id found a place to play..they use java..cant use it cause my computer is brand new and microsoft dsnt recommend downloading it. Something about it soon to be discontinued...Pooh!
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I believe what Microsoft have discontinued is the old "Virtual Machine" MS Java console. JAVA is now distributed by SUN Microsystems, and is very much alive. SUN Java is now the standard, and errors with it are much less frequent. A while ago, SUN obtained a legal judgement against Microsoft to prevent it continuing to develop it's own "Java", and since then Microsoft are legally bound to refer users to SUN if they ask about it. The last build of the Virtual Machine is available on an "as was" basis, including any remaining bugs.
Installing SUN Java should enable you to play on Java websites, and it can be removed if you get fed up with it. SUN Java will also install it's own "Java Console", which can be accessed from Control Panel and allows some settings to be changed to suit the user.
I have been using the SUN Java plug-in with my Windows 98 PC, and see no reason why I will not be doing so on my new machine, due in about a week.