XPost: alt.internet.talk, alt.newbies, misc.news.internet.discuss   
      
   On 12 Feb 2007 12:34:23 -0800, Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hippo@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >On Feb 12, 10:06 am, dh@. wrote:   
   >> Hi,   
   >>   
   >> Recently I believe I downloaded a new version of Java to run HouseCall   
   >> or something, and things have pretty much sucked ever since. I use an   
   >> old slow computer, and whenever the Java icon shows up in the tool bar   
   >> in the lower right corner, things get so slow they barely move. Never having   
   >> had the problem before I tried to find a remove Java program, but noooo....,   
   >> I couldn't find one to do it. So I hunted it down with a hard drive search   
   and   
   >> trashed everything I could find associated with it. Everything speeded back   
   >> up to normal, a few images stopped moving, and everthing else was fine.   
   >> I was happy with the situation until trying to start the computer next time   
   it   
   >> didn't want to start anymore because some programs associated with Jave .dll   
   >> files or something might not work...so I could start it in safe mode and   
   took   
   >> the damn thing back out of the trash. Then the computer would start again,   
   >> but going to some websites still engages Java, so I'm still screwed by the   
   >> same thing. So I tried deleting all the .exe programs associated with it,   
   hoping   
   >> it wouldn't work but whatever it had gotten dependant on its .dlls (or   
   whatever)   
   >> would still work well enough to start the computer. But doing that didn't   
   stop   
   >> the damn thing...somehow it either reloads its .exe files so it can start   
   up and   
   >> slow everything down again, or it doesn't need them to make things suck.   
   >> How to successfully get rid of this thing? It's as bad as a virus to me.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for any help,   
   >> David   
   >   
   >   
   >For some reason, the newer versions of java doesn't have an   
   >uninstaller.  You can turn off the icon in the systray by looking in   
   >the Control Panel, you should see the icon for Java.  Double click on   
   >that and look under Advanced, Misc and uncheck that.  Also, java is a   
   >memory hog, so you need lots of RAM.   
   >   
   >If you really want java removed then you have to remove everything   
   >regarding java.  Close Netscape, then use your file manager and remove   
   >the files: NPJava11.dll, NPJava12.dll, NPJava13.dll, NPJava14.dll,   
   >NPJPI*.dll [this one will be a different number depending on which   
   >version you have], NPOJI*.dll [same with this one]. They will be   
   >located in the plugin directory of the Netscape program directory.   
   >   
   >Then go into the windows registry and remove everything located here:   
   >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft   
   >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft   
   >HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\JavaSoft   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\java   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JavaPlugin   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JavaPlugin.* [depends on the version you're using]   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JavaPlugin.FamilyVersionSupport   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JavaWebStart.isInstalled   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JavaWebStart.isInstalled.* [again depends on the   
   >version you're using]   
   >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JNLPFile   
   >   
   >and that should do it.  DO NOT remove anything that says javascript.   
   >Two different things and they have nothing in common with each other.   
   >   
   >Now, you can remove the java files.   
   >   
   >Good Luck!!!!   
      
       Thanks. I need it. That thing is *nasty!!!* from what I can tell. There   
   was nothing I could find by searching "hkey", but I got rid of all the .dll   
   files. After that the computer would still start up okay, and I could go to   
   websites and not get slowed down severly because Java wasn't starting   
   up any more, but now when I go to online banking, and probably other   
   things I haven't found yet, Netscape brings up the message that:   
      
   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.   
      
   It has done that every time I've tried to check the bank since I trimmed   
   things out of Java. Now I guess I'll go get rid of more with the hopes   
   that has something to do with it, and that I can get rid of enough to   
   allow me to check the bank but not so much the computer won't   
   start. Java is the worst problem I've had in years...it is an MSN sort of   
   thing?   
      
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