My computer keeps telling me to update Java. I can find no trace of existing Java on my computer apart from an earlier update which I must have obediently downloaded. Is this something I need? I hate to have my hard drive cluttered up with unnecessary stuff.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
But not always! I just did that and it messed up some other things on my machine. Our tech guy had to come and remove it.
Y'know, it would *really* be nice if, somehow, when these uploads come through, it could tell you why you need it and programs it *may* interfere with! The sad thing is, even computer people can't keep up with everything coming out. sigh.
Joan
Probably need the JAVA, depending upon your computer and browser. JAVA is scripting language that a lot of websites use for nicely presented information.
It's odd that Joan had a problem with JAVA, unless something happened with a downloading problem.
Anyhow, if you got a message that you need to update your JAVA, there is likely some website you visit that uses JAVA. It's very commonly used by web-geeks. Finding where it lives on your computer is not necessarily trivial, but usually will be somewhere in a library of assets for your web browser. What may have happened is that some resource you use has updated and in order to run effectively needs the commensurate update in JAVA.
Ellice
Thanks Ellice. That's what I thought but I don't feel sure of myself and was reluctant to give the wrong information.
I know an update came up a couple of weeks ago to Java on my computer and I haven't had any problem with it.
Lucille
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I am incredibly thankful for DH. We have an in-house network of 5-6 computers ( yup just two of us), so when these comes up, I yell at him and ask if I should.
Most of the time it appears that Java is good...but the we have Windows
7 as the operating system...if one has an older one, our techies will have the answer.just answering the frustration point! Gillian
I was about to download it, in fact I started to do so, and then, partway through, a little box came up informing me that I would receive, for FREE, a Yahoo toolbar. No charge, great privilege. Now, it so happens I do not have a Yahoo account, do not want one, do not need one, so why would I want a Yahoo Toolbar? I promptly cancelled the proceeding,and will do without, thankyou.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
If you remove the check mark on the Yahoo toolbar it won't load it. You can still have the Java update without the toolbar.
Lucille
The following explains Java and why you need it:
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