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Purveyor

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1. I just removed Java from my machine through the control panal "add or remove programs".

Reply to Carla in Sequim (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 08:21 PM

Feb 2013

Here is the article that prompted me to do this. What I didn't know was the JavaScript is not Java and it is OK to check the box in your browser setting to run this feature.

Kim Komando: Why you should get rid of Java

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130204/NEWS01/302040019/Kim-Komando-Java-disable

So far I haven't found any programs or sites the required Java to function.

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Java [View all] Carla in Sequim Feb 2013 OP

I just removed Java from my machine through the control panal "add or remove programs". Purveyor Feb 2013 #1

Ditto.... ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #2

I wouldn't trust Kim Kommando RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #5

i 2nd this motion. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #6

Well I am a novice and removed java without ill effects. I remain... eom Purveyor Feb 2013 #7

Thanks to you both. Carla in Sequim Feb 2013 #3

I only go to one site Go Vols Feb 2013 #4

Thanks, Carla. femmocrat Mar 2013 #8