Availability of the Microsoft Virtual Machine

ID: Q216079


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98


SUMMARY

Updated versions of the Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) are available for download from Microsoft.

Microsoft VM version 1520 (Internet Explorer 3.x), version 2439 (Internet Explorer 4.x), and version 3186 (Internet Explorer 5) are available for download for Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 from the following Microsoft Web sites:

For Internet Explorer 4.x or 5 users:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
For Internet Explorer 3.x users:
http://www.microsoft.com/java/download.htm


MORE INFORMATION

Type jview at a command prompt to display the version of the currently installed Microsoft VM. All versions of the Microsoft VM are backwards compatible with earlier versions of Internet Explorer. For example, Microsoft VM build 3186 runs on Internet Explorer versions 5, 4.x, and 3.x. All of these updated Microsoft VMs provide support for Java Native Interface (JNI).

The version 2439 and 3186 releases of the Microsoft VM primarily address a security vulnerability. Further details are available in the Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS99-031) available at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-031.asp
For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/

Additional query words:

Keywords : kb2000 msiew95 msient win98 msiew98 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: September 8, 1999
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