FX runtime : http://jfx.sfbay.sun.com/hudson/job/presidio-deploy-scrum/277/label=windows-i586-14/ and http://jfx.sfbay.sun.com/hudson/job/presidio/235/label=windows-i586-14/
OS tested: win7/winxp
JRE tested : jdk7-b148

Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup() returns "null" inside jnlp application but works fine inside applet

Steps to reproduce:
1) Install jre followed fx runtime
2) Load following jnlp application as follows
javaws
http://sqeweb.us.oracle.com/deployment2/jitu/latest_ws_test/6/deployment/src/javafx/fxfeaturesTest/fxfeaturesTest/html/TestFXLifeCycle.jnlp

If application fails to load and you can notice ">>>>> thread group : null" inside the javaws trace then bug is reproduced

Run the same scenario as an applet using URL below

http://sqeweb.us.oracle.com/deployment2/jitu/latest_ws_test/6/deployment/src/javafx/fxfeaturesTest/fxfeaturesTest/html/TestFXLifeCycle.html

Applet will get loaded fine without any issues and ">>>>> thread group : java.lang.ThreadGroup[name=main,maxpri=10]
" can be seen inside the plugin trace