Java Problems with MBA Primer

This post is for those whose students are using the MBA Primer in conjunction with the text. We have recently learned that the MBA Primer will NOT work with the latest version of Java. If your students have version 6 of Java installed, some or all of the Java applets will not function. To fix the problem, students need to uninstall version 6 and re-install version 5. Here are directions on how to do that:

• Click Start | Control Panel | Programs and Features
  
• If Java 6 is installed, select it and click uninstall to remove it.
  
• After the removal of Java 6 is complete, restart your computer.
  
• Go to http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_12/index.html Click “Download JRE”, then select “Accept”. Click on the “Windows Online Installation” link and save the Java 5 installer to your desktop. When the download is complete, run the installer by double clicking the downloaded file on the desktop.
  
• Complete the installation wizard to install Java 5.
  
• Reboot. Note shutting down after the installation of Java 5 takes longer than usual.
  
• The MBA Primer site should now work properly.

Thanks to Jason Reusch at Vanderbilt for tracking down this problem and determining the fix.