Using the Java plugin in Firefox

Warning: there is a vulnerability in older versions of Java, which allows malicious website to gain control over your computer. Firefox versions block this to protect you. To Java to work again, to open the Java plugin.

Many pages use Java for Interactive content to your online game. Before Firefox can run Java do Java plugin must be installed correctly and enabled. Java is the language of the court runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and computer system. This article will help you install or update Java and it works in Firefox.

    Java is not the same thing as JavaScript (this article for information about JavaScript).
Testing Java

A number of online tools for you if Java is installed and enabled on Firefox.

    You can visit the Java test page at java.com.
    You can visit the Information page in the Java BrowserSpy.dk.
    Java MAT includes links to verify your Java version and whether Java is enabled.

Enable Java

If Java is not working, make sure that the Java plugin is enabled in the Add-ons Manager tab:

    In the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox Button (template in Windows XP), and then click on the Add-ons. Add-ons Manager tab is opened.
    In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Plugins panel.
    Click on the Java (TM) platform plugin to read it.
    Click the Enable Button (if it says Disable Java is already enabled).

Note: You need only to your "Java (TM) platform," plugin, if it is disabled. In the "Java Toolkit to provide" Java plugin from here to identify your version of Java and Java applications to use and is not enabled for Java to work.
The other software that may block Java

If we were able to in Java installed Firefox and Firefox Add-ons or other software that may be hindered by:

    The ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall can block Java. For more information on the Java through this program, see the ZoneAlarm Pro forum.

    The NoScript extension for Firefox will block Java. For more information, see the NoScript FAQ

Installing or updating Java
Manual install or update

    The download page at java.com.
    Click on the Free Java Download and more.
    Take it to download and click the Start Free Download Java installer to your computer.
    After the user is finished, close Firefox.
    To open the file you downloaded to start the Java installation.

Automatic Update

Java for Windows includes a Java Update feature in Windows 2000 and later, periodically checks for updates and notifies you when the update is available for installation.
Note: To eliminate potential safety problems and to save disk space, you remove any older Java versions that are still installed. It's java.com.