I am having problems with FF and found this thread - I am completely out of the news loop so had heard nothing about Java problems so...hope you can help. I have a mac running 10.6.8. In the middle of watching netflix last night I got an error message saying that Java plug in was disabled and to enable it and restart FF. I checked everything and it was enabled, I disabled my ghostery, etc. Nothing made a difference. Today I tried an update to java and downloaded that (found by check for updates on my mac menu). still didn't fix it. So I found this thread and decided I would uninstall the whole thing. I found directions on FF about how to uninststall Java. But when I seach my mac for JavaAppletPlugin.plugin I get nothing, nowhere. If I just search for Java, I get dozens of hits, but none of them for the applet plugin. I went back and disabled it, but am wondering what to do now. How can I uninstall it if I can't find it? Any ideas? I appreciate any help! This post was edited by olychick on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 17:11

Reading through this info, I checked in Add/Remove to see what Java version I have. I had 5,6, and 9. I removed 5 and 6. Guess I'll go get 11. I think I remember getting the popup but wasn't sure about it so didn't take it. Forgot about it til I read this. Also I have a long list of Windows Updates and HotFixes in there. Can I just delete those? I check in here quite often and find help I didn't even know I needed. :) grandms, I have XP Media Center also. Quite a change from WIN98 for me. But I think I have it "trained" now. Sue

From the Java settings in Control Panel, if you select the "Java" tab and then "View", how many product listings are there? The current one is 1.6.0_18. If older versions are also present, they can be highlighted and removed using the "Remove" button.

As Firefox now seems to come with the Google toolbar why would you want Yahoo? Just curious of course. I do not allow any of those toolbars to clutter up my valuable viewing space. I drag the space where I type my Google query up to the right of the address bar and leave the rest of the toolbar off entirely. This space also has a small drop down menu to the left of it offering my the option to use Google, Yahoo and 4 other features if I need. Regarding the Jave Console I do not have one but I do have Java installed.