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They don't even need to release a fix. I have been prompted to update several times in the past year, where I go through the install process (including having t

by nhebb 14y ago

They don't even need to release a fix. I have been prompted to update several times in the past year, where I go through the install process (including having to uncheck the Ask box), only to get the message at the end that version x.y.x is already installed. The updater is just plain buggy. Ed Bott mentioned the problems with limited user accounts, but I didn't see him mention the issue with jucheck ignoring the update settings: http://superuser.com/questions/130961/how-to-stop-jucheck-from-running-java-wont-remember-check-for-updates-automat http://superuser.com/questions/130961/how-to-stop-jucheck-fr... I also had an XP system where the %appdata% environment variable somehow got deleted. This completely breaks the installer.

niggler 14y ago
Is the Ask.com toolbar installed before or after Java, and if java fails will ask.com be rolled back?
- noselasd 14y ago
  When you check for the Ask toolbar and click next in the Java installer, the toolbar installer is fired off in the background, and installs itself after 10 minutes, regardless of what you do with the Java installer.
  - niggler 14y ago
    That's incredibly shady.
  - kaffiene 14y ago
    I don't get this. I install Java updates regularly and I've never had this toolbar installed. (I do agree that Oracle are jerks, however)
- techtalsky 14y ago
  In the original article he details that the Ask updater waits patiently for 10 minutes after the Java installation completes (probably successfully or unsuccessfully) before launching as a background process.