not sure you need to update virtual machine? or just want to compare versions incoming versus current?  

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After you install Virtual Machine you can check (Incoming VM Version) and (Existing VM Version) C:\Windows\vminst.log file using WordPad and look for these two lines, Existing VM Version and Incoming VM Version (about 10-12 lines down). or from Start, Run C:\Windows\notepad vminst.log  < this will work also.

 thankies to pave nail for this

a second way to check.... ~ thanks E2C

The easiest way to find the VM version for Windows 2000 is to do a search for the MSJAVA.DLL file and then look at the properties of it for the version.  You can go to start, programs, accessories, system tools, system information, software, and likely find it under that heading also but it is just as easy usually to look up the dll file in the search.

another way to check..... courtesy of Microsoft.

"quotes... Here’s how to determine the build number you’re using:

  • Select Start, then Run.
  • On Windows 95, 98, or Me, type “command” (without the quotes). On Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP, type “cmd” (again, without the quotes). Hit the enter key.
  • In the result command box, type “Jview” (without the quotes) and hit the enter key.
  • In the topmost line of the resulting listing, you should see a version number of the form x.yy.zzzz. The final four digits are the version number.   "

seeing a square circle and rectangle icon but games applets wont load? check your virtual machine version and update it if need be

 page removed by ms..... you can use a direct link for now.

one really long link to download virtual machine 

or check the virtual machine page on how to for another version to download. 

these are for win 9x, Me and Xp  

please note that you will need to check windows updates then to  get the security fix that will  update version to 3807.... this is too fix malicious java redirects i think ~ and you should have 3805 before doing that security fix. consult the link for more details.

if you also have SUN JRE make sure you have selected only one java engine to use ~ otherwise you can encounter some issues with slow load and sometimes java items fail to load at all. 

Need to reset your default java engine? this is sometimes needed if you have several versions of sun java and virtual machine. defaultvm.html has details

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