Downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for the Microsoft Windows platform

Introduction
Downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for Microsoft Windows

This panel contains instructions for downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Introduction

This Java 2 plug-in will run on the following Windows platforms: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98.

This plug-in will function with any Windows browser that can use a Java 2 plug-in, including:

• Internet Explorer
• Netscape Version 6 and 7

Downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for Microsoft Windows

Follow these steps:

1. Is your browser displaying the panel shown below?
   • If so then go to step 3 below.
   • If not then go to step 2 below.

2. Is Host On-Demand displaying an informational popup window that prompts you to click OK in order to download the Java 2 plug-in?
   • If so then click OK on the popup window. The panel shown in step 1 above should be displayed. Then go to step 3 below.
   • If not then follow these steps:
     1. Use your Web browser to connect to the file HODMain.html in the publish directory of your Host On-Demand server. An example URL is:
        http:\\myHODServer\HOD\HODMain.html
     2. Under Java 2 Runtime Environment Installation Image, click
        IBM 32-bit Runtime Environment for Java 2
     3. Your browser should display the panel shown in step 1 above.
     4. Go to step 3 below.
   
   
3. If you reach this step then your browser should now be displaying the panel shown in step 1.
   • If so then continue to the next step.
   • If not then start with step 1 again. If you still do not see the panel shown in step 1 then please contact your system administrator.
   
   
4. Click Continue.
   
   
5. A file download panel should be displayed. Click Save.
   
   
6. The Save As panel should be displayed. Select a temporary directory in which to save the file IBM-Win32-JRE.exe and click Save to save it.
   
   
7. Use Windows Explorer to display the file IBM-Win32-JRE.exe. Click the file to run it.
   
   
8. A setup language panel is displayed. Select a language and click OK.
   
   
9. A welcome panel is displayed. Click Next.
   
   
10. A software license agreement panel is displayed. Click Yes.
    
    
11. A choose destination panel is displayed. Select the directory in which you want to install the Java 2 plug-in and click Next.
    
    
12. A question panel is displayed, ask whether to install this Java Runtime Environment as the system JVM. Click No.
    
    
13. A start copying files panel is displayed. Click Next.
    
    
14. A completion panel is displayed. Click Finish.
    
    
15. Restart the browser.