Help me Please:)

Discussion in 'Software' started by tiffany311, Dec 8, 2006.

  1. tiffany311

    tiffany311 Private E-2

    I am new to the computer world, and I need someone to tell me if these programs are ok to keep on my windows 98 SE? I am going to be giving my friend this computer and I would like to clean it out, but need it to be internet ready for her.
    Do I need the following In the add remove programs?
    Adobe 5.0
    Adobe Flash Player 9 Active X
    Adobe ShockWave player
    IBM ViaVoice command and control runtime 5.3
    J2SE RunTime Environment 5.0 Update 8
    J2SE RunTime Environment 5.0 Update 9
    Luxor 2
    Microsoft. Net Framework 1.1
    Microsoft CD Sampler 7.0
    Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and internet tools
    Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Premium
    Microsoft Express 6
    Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification
    Minute Timer
    MPlayer and all enabling of games
    Outlook Express Q837009
    Panda Active Scan
    Pan-European Language Support
    QuickTime
    QuickTime for Windows (32-bit)
    Universal Media Player
    USB Mass storage Player
    Windows 98 KB891711 Update
    Windows 98 KB896358 Update
    Windows 98 KB908519 Update
    Windows 98 KB918547 Update
    Windows 98 Q823559 Update
    Windows 98 Q888113 Update
    Windows Media Player System Update (9 Series)
    Please let me know.Which I can delete safely
    thankyou for your time.
    Happy holidays.:confused:
     
  2. Kniht

    Kniht Sergeant

    You can uninstall J2SE RunTime Environment 5.0 Update 8 and J2SE RunTime Environment 5.0 Update 9, then install J2SE RunTime Environment 5.0 Update 10.

    Available for download here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Sun_Java_Runtime_Environment_d4648.html

    Older versions have vulnerabilities that malware can use to infect your system. A malicious site could render Java content under older, vulnerable versions of Sun's software if the user has not removed them. Please follow these steps to remove older version Java components and update.

    1. Download the latest version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 10:
    2. Close any programs you may have running - especially your web browser.
    3. Go to Start > Control Panel double-click on Add/Remove programs and remove all older versions of Java.
    4. Check any item with Java Runtime Environment (JRE or J2SE) in the name.
    5. Click the Change/Remove button.
    6. Repeat as many times as necessary to remove each Java versions.
    7. Reboot your computer once all Java components are removed.
    8. Then from your desktop double-click on jre-1_5_0_10-windowsi586-p.exe to install the newest version.
     

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