Documentation Error in CD-ROM Version of the Windows XP Service Pack 1 Release Notes (328259)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1
  • Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1
This article was previously published under Q328259

SYMPTOMS

The following portion of the Release Notes for Service Pack 1 for Windows XP contains a documentation error:

Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java

32-bit Platform: The Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) is now only available as a Web download. The latest 32-bit edition of the Microsoft VM can be obtained at the Microsoft Web site. If you do not already have a virtual machine on your system and visit a Web site with a Java applet, Internet Explorer will automatically ask if you wish to install the Microsoft VM.

64-bit Platform: The Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) is now only available as a Web download for customers who wish to run the 32-bit Microsoft VM under WOW64 on Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. The latest 32-bit edition of the Microsoft VM can be obtained at the Microsoft Web site. If you do not already have a virtual machine on your system and visit a Web site with a Java applet, Internet Explorer will automatically ask if you wish to install the Microsoft VM (IE running under WOW64). This is a one-time installation. Note that Microsoft does not produce a 64-bit native Microsoft virtual machine.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft no longer makes the Microsoft VM available as a Web download as is described earlier in this article. For information about the availability of the Microsoft VM in Windows XP, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:11/14/2005
Keywords:kbdocerr kbenv kbprb KB328259
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