Blame the problem on Sun. Then tell your fortune 20 company to upgrade their
software.

But if they are a fortune 20 company they already know where the problem
originates from.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"Jacob2000" <Jacob2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4464EB9F-7092-4CA5-8A30-F450BAAC4869@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Well I have to use Microsoft VM because my the company I work for is
> unwilling to upgrade to SUN java... for whatever reason! I am not going
> to
> quit my job just because MS cant or wont upgrade their older software to
> be
> compatible. I work for a fortune 20 company, and they probably spent
> millions on MS Java, and like so many other companies, they dont see a
> need
> to upgrade what has been working, to make it work on a new OS. After all,
> MS
> should be making it EASIER to move over to a new OS, and not harder! I
> make
> way too much money to want to get a different job... at this time....
>
> That being said, If I cant get VISTA to work with what I need, I will just
> have to either dualboot XP or not get VISTA at all and stay with XP! Its
> as
> simple as that!
>
> So if MS wants my business, and that of others, they have to be more
> willing
> to get their act together and make Vista more backward compatible with
> programs that at least work with XP. After all, more than 60% of people
> are
> using XP, and probably will for the next 2 years...
>
> "LaRoux" wrote:
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>> Dude - find another job. How many years has it been that the MS JVM has
>> been
>> unsupported? I'm thinking at least 3 but maybe 5. This seems like an IT
>> organization that is either incompetent or completely out of control.
>> Neither can signal a good future.
>>
>> As another alternative just in case something is keeping you from
>> securing
>> your future, get your new Vista system and run XP (or 98) in a Virtual
>> Machine to support this legacy system.
>>
>> "Jacob2000" <Jacob2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C7487441-BFCF-4469-BD14-B33502A9DCB9@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> >I need to get a new pc for work purposes, and my employer still uses the
>> >old
>> > Microsoft java for its servers. I can not get SUN JAVA to work (I have
>> > tried
>> > and had my companies techsupport email me the Microsoft java instead to
>> > get
>> > onto the servers). Does vista still have the old microsoft java in it,
>> > or
>> > available to download? Will the old Microsoft java that works on XP
>> > work
>> > on
>> > Vista? I can not risk loosing thousands of dollars not knowing this
>> > answer
>> > and taking the chance on VISTA, without knowing for sure that I will be
>> > able
>> > to do this. Thanks...[/color]
>>
>>
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