[geeks] Java on Windows 2000

[Kurt Huhn]

"Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net> wrote:

> Does anyone know what the Java runtime capabilities are of a stock
> install of Windows 2000, service pack 2?  A (not computer literate)
> friend of mine wants a small program written, and I'd rather write it in
> Java than reinstall Virtual PC + Windows + Visual Studio on my laptop.
> However, if a vanilla install of Windows won't run Swing apps (or at
> least AWT apps), it won't be worth walking him through installing the
> JRE.
> 

A stock install of Windows 2000 doesn't have *any* JVM installed, that I'm
aware of.  Installing the JRE on Windows is dead-fucking-simple. 
Double-click, click okay, I agree, etc, etc.  Easy peasy....

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