Java freezes in browser

November 27, 2005 2:00 PM

When in either IE or Firefox, if a Java security warning dialog comes up everything freezes. All I can see is "Secuirty - Warning" and a gray dialog box. Mouse movement because jerky and the only way to get out of it is to end the process. Latest version of Java, WinXP SP2

I've tried first in my Firefox 1.0.4 (MOOX edition) and then in standard IE. I've uninstalled Java (jre-1_5_0_05-windows-i586-p.exe), restarted and reinstalled. Whenever a java application begins to load the security dialog box will come up and everything will hang. I'm despearate, nothing of note in the Event Viewer and I need to access my school's VPN!

NB I've tried this on my school's VPN application, Facebook's photo uploader and another Java application on a different site. Something must be wrong with my local install but a complete uninstall, reinstall won't fix it!

posted by geoff. to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Best answer: Dammit, do I get my question back?

Okay NVidia GeForce 6800 GT, go to Display Properties, Advanced and set Antialiasing to Application Controlled. Weird.
How come all my questions get solved as soon as I post them, tis the power of AskMe.
posted by geoff. at 2:05 PM on November 27, 2005

Even though you already figured it out, I though I'd point out that I had nothing but serious problems using the MOOX versions of Firefox. I was constantly getting random and unexplained crashes, which I was at a loss to explain. Then I installed vanilla Firefox and it all started working properly. I would stay the hell away from MOOX. The claim that more optimization really makes a noticeable difference is tenuous at best anyway, because the browser is going to spend the vast majority of its time waiting for network or disk IO regardless.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:34 PM on November 27, 2005