Microsoft Virtual Machine
or
Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

On February 3, 2003, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay pending appeal of a preliminary injunction order entered by the District Court in Baltimore that required Microsoft to distribute Sun's Java runtime environment (JRE) with the Microsoft^® Windows^® XP operating system and to halt "separate" distribution of the Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM). The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is no longer available from Microsoft directly due to legal wrangling with SUN, however it still can be downloaded...

Microsoft VM build 3805 for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0. 5.4 MB

Java Virtual Machine download links:

• http://www.netpumper.com/msjavx86.exe
• http://www.krm.com/ms/msjavx86.exe
• http://www.comusolv.com/programs/ms_java_vm_x86.exe
• ftp://eresources.mcg.edu/pub/download/Tools/msjavx86.exe
• http://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/win95/fixes/VM/msjavx86.exe
• ftp://ftp.visualware.com/pub/java/msjavx86.exe
• ftp://ftp.netinst.com/pub/pub_domain/windows/msjavx86.exe

Steps to install the Microsoft Virtual Machine:

1. Download the file using the links above and save it to your hard drive.
2. Once the file is on your hard drive, execute it and thus load the Virtual Machine.
3. As the file begins execution, answer Yes to the License Agreement question and then once complete, reboot your PC.
4. Once the PC is re-booted you should be set to go.

Microsoft VM available thru Windows Update. Windows Me/2000/XP

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (or Start / Windows Update), press the "Scan for Updates" button and then install the following security update (which is the Microsoft Java VM):

Security Update, March 4, 2002 This update resolves the "Java Applet Can Redirect Browser Traffic" security vulnerability in the Microsoft java virtual machine (Microsoft VM) on Windows, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-013. Download now to prevent a maliciously crafted Java program ("applet") from silently re-routing all browser traffic to the applet's host without the user's knowledge.

Download the Security Update from here or here 4.4 MB (Windows 2000)
For more information on the Security Update go to Microsoft's website.

1. Installation prerequisite for all users Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later must be installed in order to use this version of the Microsoft VM. Installation prerequisite for Windows 2000 users Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 must be installed prior to installing this hotfix. Microsoft VM build 3805 for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Hotfix)
2. If you have run any Java applets in the current browser session, exit and restart the browser. Return to this page to continue with the download procedure.
3. In the list below, select the self-extracting file that you wish to download.
4. When prompted, save the file to your hard drive.
5. Double-click the downloaded file on your hard drive, and follow the instructions that appear

WARNING: Please note that once you have installed the updated Microsoft VM it cannot be uninstalled. Note for Windows 2000 users only The Microsoft VM is included with the Windows 2000 operating system and can only be updated with a Windows 2000 hotfix or service pack release. A description of the Windows 2000 Windows File Protection (WFP) feature can be found in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article number Q222193.

One more way to get Microsoft VM

First go to this site and get the older version of the MS Java Virtual Machine:

http://www.mvision.mpsnet.com/java.htm

This will check for the basic VM and install an older version onto XP, and then you need to go to Microsoft and install the Java 4.0 SDK which will give you the newer base java components. You can get those from this link: Microsoft SDK for Java 4.0 for Windows 95/98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP or later:

Once you have this installed and have re-booted your machine, then you need to go to the MS update site and install all the updates you do not currently have. The link to MS' site is:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

When the updates are complete, you will need to re-boot one more time. After re-booting you will have the most current available Java for XP.

Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

Microsoft had to take down their virtual machine because of some legal issues. But you don't even have to use the Microsoft VM, you can use Sun Microsystem's version, and it seems to work just fine.

Download and Install the Sun JVM

There are two ways to get Sun's JVM: Automatic and Manual Download.

Automatic Download and Installation (for Windows XP, Me, NT, 2000, or 98 and Internet Explorer)

Click to begin: Download Now

First, our system will check to see if automatic install works on your computer...

• If so, the automatic process previewed here will begin.
   
• If not, you will see how to manually download and install,
  which is nearly as quick and easy as automatic installation.

Manual Download and Installation

Advanced users may want to download a local copy of the installer from Sun developer Web site to run at a later time or install on other machines. The manual download is referred to as the Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE).

1. Go to the Java 2 Platform, Java Virtual Machine Download Page.
    
2. Find your operating system in the first column.
    
3. Click the DOWNLOAD link in the JRE column.
   Note: The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installs the Sun JVM.
    
4. Read the license and click ACCEPT at the bottom.
    
5. Click the Download j2re... link on the download page.
   Note: Select Save this program to disk on the dialog that appears and choose an easy-to-remember place, such as the Desktop or My Documents folder to save the file.
    
6. Wait for the download to complete.
    
7. Double-click the installer file in the place you saved it and follow the on-screen instructions, which are virtually identical to steps 4-9 of automatic installation.