# Why can't I play online Java games anymore?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 13, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088 "2004-03-13T17:20:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/1 "2004-03-13T17:20:23Z")
For some reason, my computer will not run java/applet games such as the Yahoo games anymore. I used to play them all the time, but now they won’t work. They seem to load, and it says done on the bottom, but I just get I white screen with a very small box in the upper left corner with a colored triangle, square, and circle inside it. Also, when I preview webpages, some of the pictures are just displayed as an empty window with a small box with red X inside of it. I’m thinking these may be related situations. Can anybody out there give me any suggestions on how to correct this? Thanks,
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### Author:  [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/2 "2004-03-13T17:37:19Z")
Can’t help you, but I’ll be watching this space for help, too.
Though I don’t have the same problems as the OP, (I can view images on other web pages) I can’t play many Yahoo games either; specifically **Bookworm** , which I happen to be a big fan of.
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### Author:  [@Kreekurmudgeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kreekurmudgeon)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/3 "2004-03-13T17:41:38Z")
I had that problem once with WinXP. As I recall, I downloaded Java again and the problem went away.
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### Author:  [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/4 "2004-03-13T17:41:54Z")
You may need to reinstall the Java Virtual Machine from the Sun site. Upon trying to find the download link for you, I also came across this in their FAQ…
[http://www.java.com/en/download/help/yahoo.jsp](http://www.java.com/en/download/help/yahoo.jsp)
I guess there are some known issues with some Yahoo! games. BTW, you can also install the JVM from a link on that page.
Hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/5 "2004-03-13T18:06:11Z")
Recent XP updates had to remove the Microsoft Java-clone by court order. They did NOT, though, replace it with anything. Go to Java, and download JVM.
Some links, background:
From Microsoft - why they had to remove it:
[http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/](http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/)
From Java - go here to load JVM:
[http://java.com/en/index.jsp](http://java.com/en/index.jsp)
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### Author:  [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/6 "2004-03-13T19:40:13Z")
Thank you, thank you very much!
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### Author:  [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-play-online-java-games-anymore/234088/7 "2004-03-14T03:51:05Z")
Thank You very much for all the input. It worked! I downloaded the file from [Java.com](http://Java.com) and now it works. Thanks.