Java 8 in XP.

[Acheron]

Java 8 update 72 works fine here on Windows XP and Firefox 43.

 

See if you can run the Java tester at http://javatester.org/version.html

 

Note to be able to run any Java plugin in the browser you have to add each site to the domain exception list first in the Java control panel.

 

You can also run the official Java verify plugin at https://www.java.com/en/download/installed8.jsp using the same procedure of adding the domain to the exception list first.

 

The only thing that does not work is the Java uninstall applet https://www.java.com/en/download/uninstallapplet.jsp.

 

It adds an exception to the Java console:

JRT INFO: Running Java Removal Applet version: 2.2JRT INFO: Browser: Firefox 43.0, user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/43.0JRT ERROR: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Documents and Settings\{UserProfile}\Application Data/Oracle/Java/Uninstall/UninstallJavaVersions.exe": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is geen geldige Win32-toepassing    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)    at com.oracle.javauninstall.applet.A.a(Unknown Source)    at com.oracle.javauninstall.applet.A.a(Unknown Source)    at com.oracle.javauninstall.applet.y.run(Unknown Source)Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=193, %1 is geen geldige Win32-toepassing    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)    ... 4 moreJRT ERROR: Error while getting admin flagjava.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Documents and Settings\{UserProfile}\Application Data/Oracle/Java/Uninstall/UninstallJavaVersions.exe": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is geen geldige Win32-toepassing    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)    at com.oracle.javauninstall.applet.A.a(Unknown Source)    at com.oracle.javauninstall.applet.y.run(Unknown Source)Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=193, %1 is geen geldige Win32-toepassing    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)    ... 3 moreJRT ERROR: Initialization failed on isAdminException in thread "Thread-16" sun.awt.SunToolkit$InfiniteLoop    at sun.awt.SunToolkit.realSync(Unknown Source)    at sun.awt.SunToolkit.realSync(Unknown Source)    at com.oracle.javauninstall.applet.H.run(Unknown Source)    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Edited January 22, 2016 by Acheron

[dencorso]

Java 8 update 72 works fine here on Windows XP and Firefox 43.

 

See if you can run the Java tester at http://javatester.org/version.html

+1. And on IE8, too!

But one should append ";C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_72\bin" manually to the PATH environment variable, just like in the case of JRE65/66.

[blackwingcat]

Here is my machine.

It seems no problem

 

 

Java 8 update 72 works fine here on Windows XP and Firefox 43.
 
See if you can run the Java tester at http://javatester.org/version.html

+1. And on IE8, too!
But one should append ";C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_72\bin" manually to the PATH environment variable, just like in the case of JRE65/66.

 

[Dave-H]

Yes, I got it working on Firefox 43 eventually too.

Still no joy with Opera 12 though, the plugin substitution workaround no longer seems to work.

[egrabrych]

 

Java 8 update 72 works fine here on Windows XP and Firefox 43.

 

See if you can run the Java tester at http://javatester.org/version.html

 

Note to be able to run any Java plugin in the browser you have to add each site to the domain exception list first in the Java control panel.

 

You can also run the official Java verify plugin at https://www.java.com/en/download/installed8.jsp using the same procedure of adding the domain to the exception list first.

 

 

The original Java 8 Update 72 (and Java 8 Update 71) on my computer functioned properly (in Firefox and Internet Explorer 8)!

Problems arose after replacing these 2 files: http://forums.opera.com/discussion/1862943/java-in-opera-12-17/p1

 

 

 

Java 8 update 72 works fine here on Windows XP and Firefox 43.

 

See if you can run the Java tester at http://javatester.org/version.html

+1. And on IE8, too!

But one should append ";C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_72\bin" manually to the PATH environment variable, just like in the case of JRE65/66.

 

 

I added. In Internet Explorer 8 now Java 8 Update 72 also acts after replacing these 2 files.

 

 

Yes, I got it working on Firefox 43 eventually too.

Still no joy with Opera 12 though, the plugin substitution workaround no longer seems to work.

 

Exactly.

Edited January 22, 2016 by egrabrych

[Mcinwwl]

Java and JDK seems to work on my PC, although Modelio (which is said to not support XP from version 3.3) stopped working when I updated Java (path variable updated).

[Acheron]

I don't use Java often. The only reason I still install it is mainly for LibreOffice.