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| | This document contains some important details required for easy use of Java on Windows NT4, 2000 and XP.
| | This document contains some important details required for easy use of Java on Windows NT4, 2000 and XP.
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| | '''Installation'''
| | '''Installation'''
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| | Install the latest version of Java by downloading the complete software development kit from Sun, currently about 46MB for J2SDK 1.4.2_02, and installing into the default location C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01.
| | Install the latest version of Java by downloading the complete software development kit from Sun, currently about 46MB for J2SDK 1.4.2_02, and installing into the default location C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01.
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| | On Windows 2000 you get to the environment variables by selecting
| | On Windows 2000 you get to the environment variables by selecting
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| | My computer | Properties | Advanced | Environmental Variables.
| | My computer | Properties | Advanced | Environmental Variables.
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| | '''JAVA_HOME'''
| | '''JAVA_HOME'''
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| | Edit the system environment JAVA_HOME to ensure it equals the installation directory, for instance the default location of C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01.
| | Edit the system environment JAVA_HOME to ensure it equals the installation directory, for instance the default location of C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01.
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| | Edit the system environment PATH to ensure it includes the bin directory of the installation, for instance the default location of C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01\bin.
| | Edit the system environment PATH to ensure it includes the bin directory of the installation, for instance the default location of C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01\bin.
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| | * Note that the changes to the system environment variables will not get to your SYSTEM user (the one which services are run under) until you reboot your computer.
| | * Note that the changes to the system environment variables will not get to your SYSTEM user (the one which services are run under) until you reboot your computer.
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| | '''Jedit'''
| | '''Jedit'''
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| | Jedit, a great Java text editor package, does not find the path to Java from the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Instead you have to run the application jedinit.exe which comes with Jedit and resides in the same directory as the Jedit executable, usually C:\Program Files\jEdit 4.1.
| | Jedit, a great Java text editor package, does not find the path to Java from the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Instead you have to run the application jedinit.exe which comes with Jedit and resides in the same directory as the Jedit executable, usually C:\Program Files\jEdit 4.1.
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| | '''Eclipse'''
| | '''Eclipse'''
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| | The Eclipse Platform appears to locate the Java executable from the PATH or JAVA_HOME environment variables so nothing to do.
| | The Eclipse Platform appears to locate the Java executable from the PATH or JAVA_HOME environment variables so nothing to do.
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