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Posted: 10/26/2004 1:55:51 PM EDT

I go to some websites and I see a little green puzzle piece where there should be a button. I click the link at the top that says install missing plug ins, it searches and says there are not plug ins... what the fuck?

Posted: 10/26/2004 1:59:00 PM EDT

[#1]

Don't know. I've seen the same thing, and I figure it is some stupid programming malfunction.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:00:47 PM EDT

[#2]

Depends on the plugin, I suppose. If you don't have Sun's JRE and need it, this will occur (fix: install manually).

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:02:15 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Depends on the plugin, I suppose. If you don't have Sun's JRE and need it, this will occur (fix: install manually).

Hehe, English motherfucker! Do you speak it?

Seriously... techno challenged here...

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:12:05 PM EDT

[#4]

Give us a site where this happens and maybe we can find the plug in for you.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:14:30 PM EDT

[#5]

I was looking at the thread on the socom saw upper... let me see if I can find the link

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:15:10 PM EDT

[#6]

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Depends on the plugin, I suppose. If you don't have Sun's JRE and need it, this will occur (fix: install manually).

Hehe, English motherfucker! Do you speak it?

Seriously... techno challenged here...

Summary: If you do not have Sun Microsystem's Java Runtime Environment (Java), and the site you are visiting requires it, the problem you are experiencing will commonly occur. Your only solution would be to go to Sun's site, look for the JRE, and install it yourself.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:16:04 PM EDT

[#7]

here is the site I was trying to get to... socom contained in this thread.

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=287827

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:17:46 PM EDT

[#8]

Ummmmmm which do I need?

wwws.sun.com/software/download/index.jsp?cat=Java%20%26%20Technologies&tab=3&subcat=Java

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:20:07 PM EDT

[#9]

Try this.

Click on "Get it now." I've never installed it this way before, but it should do the trick.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:20:25 PM EDT

[#10]

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Depends on the plugin, I suppose. If you don't have Sun's JRE and need it, this will occur (fix: install manually).

Hehe, English motherfucker! Do you speak it?

Seriously... techno challenged here...

Summary: If you do not have Sun Microsystem's Java Runtime Environment (Java), and the site you are visiting requires it, the problem you are experiencing will commonly occur. Your only solution would be to go to Sun's site, look for the JRE, and install it yourself.

Yeah.. that's what I thought he said.

Thanks for the tip.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:22:56 PM EDT

[#11]

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Depends on the plugin, I suppose. If you don't have Sun's JRE and need it, this will occur (fix: install manually).

Hehe, English motherfucker! Do you speak it?

Seriously... techno challenged here...

Heh, oops. Sorry 'bout that. I meant to give an example of a plugin (Sun's Java Runtime Environment) that will not install automatically, and demonstrates the same behavior that you describe. Other plugins, like Flash, seem to install fine this way.

Seems to depend on the plugin.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:24:34 PM EDT

[#12]

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Depends on the plugin, I suppose. If you don't have Sun's JRE and need it, this will occur (fix: install manually).

Hehe, English motherfucker! Do you speak it?

Seriously... techno challenged here...

Summary: If you do not have Sun Microsystem's Java Runtime Environment (Java), and the site you are visiting requires it, the problem you are experiencing will commonly occur. Your only solution would be to go to Sun's site, look for the JRE, and install it yourself.

Yeah.. that's what I thought he said.

Thanks for the tip.

No problem. My whole family is "computer illiterate" so I'm used to doing walkthroughs and "geek-speak" translations.