What is the Java TM Plug in SSV Helper

Anonymous
2011-06-10T23:54:12+00:00

What is the Jave TM Plug in SSV Helper?

Do I need it?

If I don't need it, how do I get rid of it?

I'm running Windows Vista.

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Anonymous
2011-06-11T01:41:43+00:00

Java is a programming language. You need something called the Java Runtime Environment to run programs written in Java. The Plugin is part of that. A small number of websites also use this. The Java Runtime Environment will appear in Programs and Features in the Control Panel and can be uninstalled from there. Unfortunately, there is a bug in the uninstallation that leaves the entry for the plugin in the Internet Explorer Manage Addons window after Java is uninstalled. This is harmless because the file has been deleted. To remove the entry in Manage Addons would require editing the Registry.

This bug has been known since at least 2008, but nothing seems to have been done about it.

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6747116

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-13T14:49:38+00:00

    Although I do not dispute what you say, Pippin33, after having taught college and university courses, I have learned that even highly educated, technical scientists do not understand computers, operating systems, or software applications, and some of the wording used may still have been above the novice's understanding.  After many experiences as this, I stopped assuming that even the smartest of adults could read between the lines, because it is a "new" language to them.  Yes, what you say is correct for a rookie in the field, but not for a novice looking in from the outside.  No disrespect intended.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-12T17:55:41+00:00

    Which he would've learned way back on the first page if he had actually gone to the links provided by Dax and read them in the first place.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-28T00:41:41+00:00

    I get the impression you may be a home user, so I explaIn this in very general terms.

    Those two add-ins are small supplemental software that enables OLD hardware and many OLD unique custom-made software for websites and their features to work with other unique software.  Years ago, creators of websites and features made their own unique software for their own needs.  The old Java versions 2.x with those plug-ins let them work together (i.e. interoperability).  Today's versions 4.x and even 3.x already do the interoperability job, so you CAN DISABLE BOTH Java (tm) Plug in SSV Helper AND Java (tm) Plugin 2 SSV because they are obsolete for MOST purposes. 

    TO DISABLE THEM:  Open Internet Explorer, go to Tools menu, Manage Add-ins, Toolbars and Extensions, under heading Oracle, select one of the plug-ins, the click the Disable button in lower right corner.  For m, both disabled at same time, and I hav not had problems since. 

    DISABLE BOTH IF:

    1. Your computer is for HOME use, NOT for a company-wide large network.  OR
    2. You do not have a sesignated IT administrator who manages the operating system for all users, customizes security requirements, and/or designates user "rights" to do specific actions, because that person may have a restriction blocking you from disabling those add-ins.  OR

    3.  You have do not have OLD hardware.  The best way to know this is to see if some functions(s) stops working correctly or completely after you disable both plug-ins.  Just re-enable them to fix the problem.

    SPECIAL NOTE:  If you install a software or access a website needing java, the most current java version will install automatically or prompt you to install it.  However, this method will probably show java in Control Panel/Programs instead of in the add-ins, so it should not cause a problem for you.

    I hope this clears up your questions and concersns.

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