Can you help the dummy...again?

[HB22inSA]

Okay, I consider myself fairly computer literate, but some things just are beyond me.

Among other applications, I just downloaded Limewire PRO and I need the "latest version of Java" for it to run properly.

Okay, so I go to the website, click the download button, and this appears:

Windows XP SP2 users: if you encounter an error, look at the top of this page for a yellow bar that reads "This site might require the following ActiveX control: 'Java Plug-in 1.5.0_04' from 'Sun Microsystems, Inc.'. Click here to install..." Click the yellow bar and choose "Install ActiveX Control..." to allow installation to proceed.

We encountered an issue while trying to automatically install Java™ software onto your machine. As a result, Java software was not installed properly.

Okay, so I click on the yellow bar and it gives me the same message, and the JAVA hasn't been downloaded yet.

I turned off my Norton security and firewall, and still nothing.

Am I totally screwed, or does someone know anything I don't?????

?????

[Chris]

You need to completely delete Java before you update it. The newest java just came out today so I don't know if that's still the case.

[HB22inSA]

Success.

I removed the old Java and installed the updated one manually and offline.

I can now sleep.