On 1/18/13 9:51 AM, Rickles wrote: > I've seen the notices and recommendations about the various Java > security holes. I understand the concerns. But there's one site my > wife visits regularly which requires Java, and now won't work on either > our XP-SP3 tower mainframe or a Win7 laptop, both with SM 2.15, because > SM has taken it upon itself to block every Java version back thru v6 > Update 38. The only option available to the user is to disable it in > Add-On Mgr, which is useless since SM has already locked it out. > > This is the only site she wants to use which uses Java, so I'd > appreciate any recommendations as to how to turn SOME version of Java > back on in SM. >
While I could still have Web pages use Java by selecting the Lego graphic with the "Click here to activate plugin." caption, there was no way to use the Java test page at <http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp> to verify a correct installation of Java. I located the file blocklist.xml in my profile. I opened it in an ASCII editor (WordPad) and commented out six consecutive <pluginItem></pluginItem> blocks that referenced Java. I then changed the properties of blocklist.xml to be read-only. I DO NOT RECOMMEND this to others because of the risks, not only from possible Java vulnerabilities but also because it disables future blocks of other malware. Thus, I will undo this when a newer version of Java becomes available. In the meantime, however, I now have Java fully enabled for the very few Web pages with Java that I visit. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Are taxes too high in the U.S.? Check the bar graph at <http://www.rossde.com/taxes/trickling.html> to see. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
