With a very limited geek skill, I found that Java wasn't getting validation of the license source for the EPC site...[if I'm understanding what I saw written in "geekese"] Anyway, it's above my pay grade..... someone please let us know if it ever works again. Sounds like a useful tool in keeping our MBZ on the street and out of the dust bin.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:53 AM, <buymbpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The EPC has been having issues all week. The bad thing is when it is down > it is down for everyone, including MB dealers. They really hate it. > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > Sender: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:50:41 > To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Online EPC down? > > I have Java 6, latest version, still EPC doesn't load or open. It does > give > me a courteous message stating it won't open however.. how kind. > > Anyone remember the good old days when you actually had a hard copy book > that you could look at? Ahhhhhh, the good old days. Funny thing... that > book never "crashed" and I could carry it to the car and lay it on the > fender while sorting out what went to what, even if the electricity went > out. > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Alex Chamberlain > <apchamberl...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Alex Chamberlain > > <apchamberl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Has anyone else not been able to get into the online EPC lately? > > ... > > > I've deliberately not updated the version of Java on this machine > > > since I started using the online EPC, because I know it's sensitive to > > > that---wonder if they finally changed it so that now it requires a > > > *newer* version of Java instead? > > > > > > > I think I just figured it out, and my guess was right. Works fine on > > another XP SP3 machine with Java Version 6 Update 26 build > > 1.6.0_26-b03 (per the About Java box in the Java control panel). I > > don't have the first machine in front of me, but I know it's got an > > older Java on it, maybe even Version 5. > > > > Summary: If the EPC isn't working, try updating Java to the latest > > version at <http://www.java.com/en/download/>. Hope this helps > > somebody else besides me! > > > > Alex > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com