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Downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for the Microsoft Windows platform

Introduction
Downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for Microsoft Windows

This panel contains instructions for downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Introduction

This Java 2 plug-in will run on the following Windows platforms: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98.

This plug-in will function with any Windows browser that can use a Java 2 plug-in, including:

Downloading and installing the IBM Java 2 plug-in for Microsoft Windows

Follow these steps:

  1. Is your browser displaying the panel shown below?

    Press the Continue button to download the installation image

  2. Is Z and I Emulator for Web displaying an informational popup window that prompts you to click OK in order to download the Java 2 plug-in?
  3. If you reach this step then your browser should now be displaying the panel shown in step 1.
  4. Click Continue.

  5. A file download panel should be displayed. Click Save.

  6. The Save As panel should be displayed. Select a temporary directory in which to save the file IBM-Win32-JRE.exe and click Save to save it.

  7. Use Windows Explorer to display the file IBM-Win32-JRE.exe. Click the file to run it.

  8. A setup language panel is displayed. Select a language and click OK.

  9. A welcome panel is displayed. Click Next.

  10. A software license agreement panel is displayed. Click Yes.

  11. A choose destination panel is displayed. Select the directory in which you want to install the Java 2 plug-in and click Next.

  12. A question panel is displayed, ask whether to install this Java Runtime Environment as the system JVM. Click No.

  13. A start copying files panel is displayed. Click Next.

  14. A completion panel is displayed. Click Finish.

  15. Restart the browser.