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Your browser must be Java enabled to see our iPIX images. In the unlikely event it is not, please click here for instructions on how to enable Java.

If you cannot see the iPIX and you are using Windows XP, please click here.

To return to the School of Education home-page click here

In order to see our iPIX images in your web browser, you need some software called a Java Virtual Machine. This is because our iPIX images work using a Java based applet.

Early versions of Windows XP (and indeed previous versions of Microsoft's Operating Systems) shipped with the Microsoft Virtual Machine. However, In early 2003, Microsoft lost a legal case against Sun (the people who make Java) and had to stop including the Microsoft Virtual Machine (MSVM) with Windows XP. This means anyone buying a new PC or upgrading their operating system to Windows XP now will not get the MSVM any more. However, it may be that some PC manufacturers will be including Sun's own version of the Virtual Machine on new PC's.

If you do not have a Java Virtual Machine on your PC, don't worry, as you can:

1.     Download the MS Java Virtual Machine from our server ... click here  (it is still permissible to freely distribute this software)

OR

2.    Download Sun's own version, called Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (JRE) ... click here (you will then need to click on "Get It Now" and follow the on-screen instructions)

If you would like to know more about the Java issues between Sun and Microsoft that have led to all this, please click here for Microsoft's own perspective.

Enabling Java in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or 6

There are 7 quick steps to enabling Java in your browser ...

Step 1

Click on tools and then choose Internet Options in your browser

Step 2

Click on the security Tab

Step 3

Click on the custom level button

Step 4

Scroll down to Microsoft VM sub headed by Java permissions

Step 5

Click on any desired safety level; do not leave it as 'Disable Java'. Click 'OK'

Step 6

You will see a warning box, telling you that you have changed your security settings. Click 'Yes'

Step 7

Click 'OK' on the security tab screen

Step 8

You have now enabled java on your browser.