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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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-19T15:53:25+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.

    From http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=762.

    A short answer: Don't enable if not under a network.  

    This plug-in is part of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), ....

    SSV Helper ensures that whatever Java setting changes the network administrator makes to his account will be propagated to all user accounts... Before you hit the Enable button though, do note that this SSV Helper plug-in isn't actually necessary to run Java apps.... Conclusion: Java Plug-In SSV Helper does absolutely nothing for us common folks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-12T00:52:05+00:00

    Thank you for the kind reply.

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