Heres an odd problem for everyone to help me with I have two rigs on my network that are software identical; xp sp2,pc-cillin 2006, firefox,the only differences being hardware software and drivers, and personal apps but to connect to the net they are setup the same.
Anyway, on my primary rig I can play on any yahoo games without a hitch but on my kids rig java applets will not load, they seem to stall without any error reports,no red x or as such.
Both rigs are using the same version of sun java, both rigs are up to date on OS, antivirus, drivers etc. . I have uninstalled sun java and reinstalled. I am at a loss as to what to do next.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thankyou
Hack

Here are 2 little tests:

http://www.pocoso.de/pocoso052.html

http://www.dancespots.com/browsertest.htm

Also when you uninstalled/reinstalled did you manually search for residual files as well as clean the registry?

Uninstall Programs Manually

Just because Windows XP has the Add/Remove Programs feature it doesn't mean your application will appear in the list. Furthermore, even if it does appear, it's no guarantee that the uninstall feature will work. When you run across one of these situations the items listed below will help in getting rid of the application. Be aware that these steps may not remove everything associated with the application and can impact other applications on the computer. Have a backup or restore point and use caution.

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Find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. Delete the directory.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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To remove the application entry from Add/Remove Programs (if present) open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Some applications have Services attached to them. If this is the case, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es, locate and delete the service.
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In Windows Explorer, navigate to the individual user settings and delete program references. Common places to check would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]

If no entries were found in the previous step and the application launches automatically, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and delete the entry.

A free Registry Cleaner: RegSeeker

Reboot before reinstalling.

Yes, that is a standard process for me when uninstalling apps