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Internet Explore the Java settings keep getting disabled

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  • 02-04-2013 11:50am
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    mach1982
    Registered Users Posts: 760 ✭✭✭


    Ok can someone please explain why in Internet Explore the Java settings keep getting disabled, ie in the Java Plug , and Java Just In Time (JIT) compiler and console keep getting disabled and people need to re enbaled them .


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    It's possibly a security feature in the web browser due to the serious Java vulnerabilities which have been cropping up lately, make sure the Java plugin is fully up to date also

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    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    Unless you are using a program,
    or need to acess a specific website that requires java ,
    there,s no need to use it.
    IT has been found to reduce security ,and
    expose security vunerabiltys in windows pcs.
    I have not used it in 3 years
    eg theres a thread in this forum, is java a virus?I understand some programmers need to use it ,and some financial websites need it to work properly.
    I Use chrome ,and iron browser , i,d never install it ,in either of those browsers.


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,222 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    riclad wrote: »
    Unless you are using a program,
    or need to acess a specific website that requires java ,
    there,s no need to use it.
    IT has been found to reduce security ,and
    expose security vunerabiltys in windows pcs.
    I have not used it in 3 years
    eg theres a thread in this forum, is java a virus?I understand some programmers need to use it ,and some financial websites need it to work properly.
    I Use chrome ,and iron browser , i,d never install it ,in either of those browsers.


    Why both ? :confused:


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    MrVestek
    Registered Users Posts: 9,216 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Why both ? :confused:

    Personal preference? I use a combination of four different browsers for various different reasons. If you only use one then that's fine for you.


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,222 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    I also use several browsers for different tasks, but I was confused with Chrome and Iron; Iron is AFAIK the same but minus the phone-home bits of Chrome ?


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    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    I Find chrome is more stable than iron, plus you can get chrome extensions ,
    which may not work on the iron browser.
    Why rely on one browser anyway,
    anything is better than internet explorer.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    We've been disabling the Java plug-in for all internet sites except those on the trusted list through group policy.

    Is it possible your company are doing the same?


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    If your JRE is up to date, maybe it has been disabled from the Control Panel Java applet. Go to the Security tab, the checkbox is at the top of the tab.


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