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System Requirements
The Java 2 Runtime Environment is
intended for use on Windows 95, Windows 98 (1st or 2nd edition), Windows NT
4.0 with Service Pack 5, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows 2000 Server, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server
operating systems running on Intel hardware. In non-English locales,
only the Professional edition of Windows 2000 is supported.
A Pentium 166MHz or faster processor with at least 32 megabytes of
physical RAM is required to run graphically based applications.
Forty-eight megabytes of RAM is recommended for applets
running within a browser using the Java Plug-in product. Running with
less memory may cause disk swapping which has a severe effect on
performance. Very large programs may require more RAM for
adequate performance.
You should have 40 megabytes of free disk space before attempting to
install the Java 2 Runtime Environment.
Installation Instructions
If using Internet Explorer, you have both options below; if using
Netscape Navigator
, you have only
the "Save As" option below.
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Open - This enables you to install the Java 2 Runtime Environment
without leaving a compressed file on your hard disk.
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Save As - This saves the downloaded file without
installing it. It will be saved at C:\ by default. Check
that you have downloaded the entire file by comparing
the size of the file you downloaded with the expected size:
Win32 Java 2 Runtime Environment for all locales (international):
j2re-1_3_1-win-i.exe
8,060,912 bytes
Win32 Java 2 Runtime Environment for U.S. English only:
j2re-1_3_1-win.exe
5,364,696 bytes
The larger international version of the Java 2 Runtime
Environment contains character conversion classes and
support for locales other than the US English locale. Use this
version of the Java 2 Runtime Environment if you will be
running applications and applets that require a non-US-English
locale.
After downloading this file, you can double-click on its icon to run the
installer. Follow the instructions the installer provides. When done with
the installation, to recover more disk space, delete the bundle you
downloaded.
If you run into any problems during the installation, please check
the troubleshooting
section of the SDK installation instructions.
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