Name: gm110360 Date: 03/15/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633
Cipher strength: 128bit
Update versions:; SP1; Q822925; Q330994; Q828750; Q824145;

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
About 20% of the websites I go to with JDK1.5.0b1 installed crashes IE, including, but not limited to:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/applet/practical/properties.html

http://www.verilux.net/articles/RevolutioninLighting.htm

http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_from_/index.php

Those websites, among others, have this happen EVERY time.

Also, going into IE and choosing "Sun Java Console" causes the same problem.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version tiger-beta

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Try going to any of those pages with IE, or launch the Sun Java Console from within IE. I have noticed other people in the forums saying they had the same problems with 1.4.2, but no one ever seems to have solved it for them either.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Page to load. Sun Java Console to load.
ACTUAL -
In every case it said it could not load the \bin\server\jvm.dll -- I tried different environment variables, tried copying the JDK jre\bin\server directory into the jre's (Program Files) directory, etc. I tried checking regedit, but everything looked OK there as well.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
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Java(TM) Plug-in Fatal Error
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The Java Runtime Environment cannot be loaded from <\bin\server\jvm.dll>
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OK
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REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.
(Incident Review ID: 243437)
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