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On Windows 7, the JVM interferes with my work by bringing up a UAC prompt at random times when it notices that it needs an update. I can see how this nagging makes sense, so I type in the admin password and expect it to update itself like any other software which does that.
Instead, it only brings up a baloon in the notification area "A new update is available". (Why does it need UAC for that?!) So I click on the symbol to start the update, which immediately brings up a dialog box saying "update has failed" without further explanation.
The whole game repeats from scratch every time I restart the computer. At some point, I give in, log in as administrator, and update from there. But I find the farce unnecessary and nerve-wracking. Is there a way to make the update process easy(ish)? If not Firefox-like easy, then at least Adobe Reader-like easy?
do you really want to update java in that computer? generally, updates are only to fix some security flaws. if you are with jre 6u23 I think you do not want to update to jre 6u24, for example. for a normal work they will function in the same way. but if you are with a very old version, so update must be really nedded. if you are just a common user, you do not have to worry about it - administrator is the one to do that. – kokbira – 2011-07-19T13:01:13.273
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history references for java release notes
– kokbira – 2011-07-19T14:09:24.210@kokbira If I don't update, I get nagged at least once per day. I'd rather put a stop to that. And if I can remove a few security flaws too, I'd say it is a good thing. – rumtscho – 2011-07-19T14:17:44.500
well, I recommend using the portable way below. I don't know if they use some kind of autoupdate, but I think they deliver new versions of portable app accordingly to the new java versions. – kokbira – 2011-07-19T14:41:37.517