[evilfantasy]

December 01/08

No Release Notes yet.

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Good news. It removed the old version automatically.

[Glaswegian]

Originally Posted by evilfantasy

December 01/08

No Release Notes yet.

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Good news. It removed the old version automatically.

Hehe - and I've just updated to r10...

Good that it removes the old version though.

[serverguy]

I decided it would be a good time to upgrade from Version 7 as well lol.

Oh well. My old man says, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.


Hmmm, it didn't remove Update 7 for me. Had to do it manually.

[evilfantasy]

I think it will only remove version 10 since that was the most recent.

[Glaswegian]

I think you can do either a static install, which will leave any previous versions (ideal for Admins) or it should overwrite the previous version, assuming that was v10.

I've heard a few folk say it won't uninstall anything prior to v10.

[Glaswegian]

I'll confirm that - v11 automatically removed/updated v10.

[evilfantasy]

I've seen a few reports that it doesn't remove anything under v6u10 so if you have anything earlier then that you need to manually uninstall. Or use JavaRA.

Download JavaRa

• Unzip the file and open the JavaRa.exe
• Click Remove Older Versions
• JavaRa will search for and remove any outdated version of Java and remove any that are found.
• Click Additional Tasks
• Place a check next to Remove Useless JRE Files and click Go
• Exit JavaRa
• Delete the JavaRa files from the Desktop

[evilfantasy]

Sun released a huge list of vulnerabilities in old versions. If you haven't updated in a while it would probably be a good idea to do so now.

Sun Issues Updates on Several Critical Java Vulnerabilities | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro