kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Just took a phone call from Head of IT. Half the room cannot open: LMC Simulator They get a BlockedException : Application Error "your security settings have blocked an application from running with an out-of-date or expired version of java" Anyone got any ideas?
AlexB Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 If you don't want to update you can configure globally with deployment.properties file System- and User-Level Properties
Ric_ Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 I'd recommend updating Java... that message only appears once your Java version is REALLY old and full of more holes than a seive that somebody shot with a shotgun!
john Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 ^^ What @Ric_ said, you need to get Java updated ASAP as its nicely exploited.
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 These PC's were only deployed in June 2013 so the JAVA cannot be that out of date - can it? Is five months that bad? We have over 850 PC's how can we centrally keep them all up to date?
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 I can confirm they are all on version 7 which is the latest, but they may not be on the latest update....
AlexB Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 I get that error on 7 21, it doesn't have to be really old
Arthur Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) Is five months that bad? One month is bad. Five is horrific since the Java plug-in has more holes than a sieve! We have over 850 PC's how can we centrally keep them all up to date? SCCM or Local Update Publisher. Edited November 7, 2013 by Arthur
Michael Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Just took a phone call from Head of IT. Half the room cannot open: LMC Simulator They get a BlockedException : Application Error "your security settings have blocked an application from running with an out-of-date or expired version of java" Anyone got any ideas? I believe this is an IE10 feature Microsoft have introduced. Unfortunately I think you have little choice other than to continue to roll out later/newer versions of Java via GPO.
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 I believe this is an IE10 feature Microsoft have introduced. Unfortunately I think you have little choice other than to continue to roll out later/newer versions of Java via GPO. The PC's in question are 64bit Windows 7 with IE9
gmonks Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 This is a new thing. We have had it here on IE9 too. Wise to update Java, and Java releases a new update every few months. I use Ninite to keep on top of everything.
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 This is a new thing. We have had it here on IE9 too. Wise to update Java, and Java releases a new update every few months. I use Ninite to keep on top of everything. Do you use the PRO version to keep your domain PC's up to date?
Michael Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 The PC's in question are 64bit Windows 7 with IE9 Well it sounds like the same thing then - I have no networks running IE9 now, they're all IE10.
Arthur Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Well it sounds like the same thing then Java has had an expiry date for several versions now.
jonnykewell1 Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 we have some software that brings this message up because the java update is actually too new, we downgrade to an old version and it works fine, but this causes security risks so we have just had to say sorry but we can't do much about it.
Michael Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 It is rather frustrating that a large proportion of software still uses Java. Why on earth Apple decided to block Flash rather than Java (on the iPad for example) - it makes no sense at all. I think Sun developers need to start making incremental updates rather than full updates every month.
gmonks Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Do you use the PRO version to keep your domain PC's up to date? No, just the free version. Just go to each machine manually and set it off. We use it to update 80% of our apps. Once you have set off the last machine, the first one is usually finished.
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 Going to look at pushing out JAVA via GPO like I do with Flash....
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 No, just the free version. Just go to each machine manually and set it off. We use it to update 80% of our apps. Once you have set off the last machine, the first one is usually finished. I have 850!
Arthur Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Do you use the PRO version to keep your domain PC's up to date? The free version can't be used in a commercial environment.
Michael Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Deploying Java via GPO is generally hit and miss. I've had more success uninstalling the previous version, then installing the newer version all by GPO.
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 Deploying Java via GPO is generally hit and miss. I've had more success uninstalling the previous version, then installing the newer version all by GPO. Don't you just love this job!!
Michael Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Don't you just love this job!! That's why I avoid Java wherever possible and only install it on machines that require it. I'd definitely suggest you perform some tests with a small group of machines before deploying domain wide.
kennysarmy Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 That's why I avoid Java wherever possible and only install it on machines that require it. I'd definitely suggest you perform some tests with a small group of machines before deploying domain wide. Tested on a PC on my desk and tested with the OU where the room in question with the issues was and it's updated from udpate 25 to 45 (32bit version). I will give it a few days then update some other OU's and take it easy till the whole site is updated... Thanks for everyones help
free780 Posted November 8, 2013 Posted November 8, 2013 I've had issues with u25 and u40 uninstalling. GPO majes it easy. If java is just used on certain sites you can configure a java deployment rule set. You specify the domain and the version of java you want to use. You can block all other domains. You do need to sign the jar file which contains the xml. Doing it this way means that you get no warnings for named domains. I can post instructions.
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