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Written: February 12, 2013
Computer safety is essential if you want to concentrate on running your business and keeping bad guys out of your computer. To that end I started up Quicken this morning to update my business records and then received an update for Java, so I accepted the prompt and kept my computer upgraded to the latest release. Here’s what the process looked like on a Windows 7 computer:
So they call this Java 6, Update 39 – not really a catchy phrase but hey, these are software engineers.
Next, we get a welcome dialog for politeness:
Then on the prompt to install Ask to my browser, I always choose to Unselect because I don’t want my browser toolbar cluttered:
We find out how many devices actually use Java, like Carl Sagan used to say, “Billions and Billions…”:
Finally, in less than a minute we have our latest Java release updated, and I can continue on with my Quicken.
As you use a Windows or Mac computer there will be a time like this week where you are prompted to install an update for Java. Should you do it?
Yes, and here’s why. Java is a popular language created by Sun Microsystems (now owned by Oracle) to be “write once, run everywhere”, meaning that a developer can write an app just one time and then have that app run equally well on: Windows, Mac, Linux, HP, IBM, SmartPhone, etc.
Both of my Windows and Mac machines prompted me to update Java, so here’s what to expect on a Windows computer. The first dialog is about the Java 6 update 37 being available:
The second dialog has info about McAfee, which I don’t use so ignore the commercial:
While waiting for the install there’s a commercial about the 3 billion devices using Java, which is mostly cell phones:
At last the Java install is done and we can all get back to productive work:
Tags: Java, Mac OS X, Windows 7
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