Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: Java Update Download Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:32:40 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <2rlak7tmbprf18a4o087a2pa03qdi84dsr@4ax.com> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: Z2l1DcCELS0rATq8NqV4Sw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.help:1610 On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:04:40 -0600, Ellsinore wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >I inadvertently said, "Oh! Okay!" when the Java monitor told me there >was an update. Unfortunately, I'm on a dial-up connection and the >download has tied it up every time I've logged on for the past two >days. I have no idea how far along it is, or how to tell it I've >changed my mind. I also can't get the Java site to load to find out >how big this thing actually is. > >My usage is also metered, so I can't just let it run. > >I know this isn't a programming issue, but I'm hoping someone here can >tell me where to find the controller and how to turn the blasted thing >off. > >Thanks! > >(Win 7) See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html or http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html for sizes and links to explicit update. Turn off auto update in Java control panel. If there is a computer club nearby, see if you can talk someone into burning a CD for you with the downloads you need. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com One of the most useful comments you can put in a program is "If you change this, remember to change ?XXX? too".