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  blocking auto-install Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-05-16 03:02 -0700
    Re: blocking auto-install "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-05-16 20:14 +1000
      Re: blocking auto-install Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-05-16 04:46 -0700
    Re: blocking auto-install "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-05-16 20:14 +1000
    Re: blocking auto-install Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-05-16 12:48 +0200
    Re: blocking auto-install Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-05-16 13:58 +0200

#24088 — blocking auto-install

For some reason, today my browsers are insisting on installing the
defective JRE 1.7.0_21. I want to stick with 1.7.0_17 which works.

I have autoupdate turned off.

Why would it suddenly kick in today?

There is no new version after 1.7.0_21
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. 
 ~ George Eliot (born: 1819-11-22 died: 1880-12-22 at age: 61) (Mary Ann Evans)

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#24090

"Roedy Green"  wrote in message 
news:obb9p8h9eb7klb2msa5had5h1dfs936666@4ax.com...

> For some reason, today my browsers are insisting on installing the
> defective JRE 1.7.0_21. I want to stick with 1.7.0_17 which works.

Can you explain your usage of the word "defective" here?

> I have autoupdate turned off.

That's a Java thing, not a browser thing.

> Why would it suddenly kick in today?

I am not sure "it" did.  Recent versions of the Java plugin check if there 
is a newer version every time you run an applet and, given that you have 
7u17 installed and that is not the latest version, it is suggesting you 
upgrade before running the applet.

The concept of "auto update" relates to a process running in the background 
which periodically checks for newer versions.  Turning that off will not 
stop the Java plugin checking for a newer version when you run an applet.

> There is no new version after 1.7.0_21

So?  Didn't you say you have 7u17 installed?

--
And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
_________________________________________________
Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com
[Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me] 

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#24098

On Thu, 16 May 2013 20:14:07 +1000, "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>> There is no new version after 1.7.0_21
>
>So?  Didn't you say you have 7u17 installed?

I was eliminating the possibility a release of 1.7.0_23 would make it
suddenly start complaining about 1.7.0_17, now two behind.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. 
If man can go to the moon, he will. 
If he can control the climate, he will. 
 ~ John von Neumann (born: 1903-12-28 died: 1957-02-08 at age: 53)

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#24091

"Roedy Green"  wrote in message 
news:obb9p8h9eb7klb2msa5had5h1dfs936666@4ax.com...

> For some reason, today my browsers are insisting on installing the
> defective JRE 1.7.0_21. I want to stick with 1.7.0_17 which works.

Can you explain your usage of the word "defective" here?

> I have autoupdate turned off.

That's a Java thing, not a browser thing.

> Why would it suddenly kick in today?

I am not sure "it" did.  Recent versions of the Java plugin check if there 
is a newer version every time you run an applet and, given that you have 
7u17 installed and that is not the latest version, it is suggesting you 
upgrade before running the applet.

The concept of "auto update" relates to a process running in the background 
which periodically checks for newer versions.  Turning that off will not 
stop the Java plugin checking for a newer version when you run an applet.

> There is no new version after 1.7.0_21

So?  Didn't you say you have 7u17 installed?

--
And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
_________________________________________________
Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com
[Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me] 

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#24094

On Thu, 16 May 2013 03:02:04 -0700, Roedy Green wrote:

> For some reason, today my browsers are insisting on installing the
> defective JRE 1.7.0_21. I want to stick with 1.7.0_17 which works.

> I have autoupdate turned off.

> Why would it suddenly kick in today?

I recommend asking your browser manufacturer.

Liebe Gruesse,
		Joerg

-- 
Ich lese meine Emails nicht, replies to Email bleiben also leider
ungelesen.

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#24099

On 05/16/2013 12:02 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> For some reason, today my browsers are insisting on installing the
> defective JRE 1.7.0_21. I want to stick with 1.7.0_17 which works.
>
> I have autoupdate turned off.
>
> Why would it suddenly kick in today?
>
> There is no new version after 1.7.0_21
>

What's defective about it? Issues you posted earlier where about changed 
security policies, if I remember correctly. Unless you (and your users) 
are willing to stay at 1.7.0_17 forever I suggest you either live with 
the changes or adapt your software.

And stop using applets for anything non-legacy.

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