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Java and Webstart installation

What is Webstart?

• Software is started directly from the web.
• Software can be automatically updated.
• Independent from web-browser.
• Similar installation procedure on Windows and Mac OS X.

How to install?

Java Runtime Environment 1.4 comes with Webstart already built in. During installation on Windows make sure you install Webstart as well.

Operating System
	Web Start and Java
Windows	download
Mac OS X	<already installed via automatic installation from Apple>

If not installed...

If you do not have a Network Launcher, your browser cannot handle the software send over the internet and will open a window similar to

You must abort by clicking "Cancel" and install Java and Webstart as described above. 

Software from the web must be secure

The first time you start software from the web, this "Security Warning" will open:

Please continue by clicking on the "Start" button, even though the text says otherwise. The MPI has not acquired a certificate of identity, so WebStart can not confirm that we are to be trusted. 

Last update: 2004/04/08