I get the feeling you had a bad java uninstall. If you tried to install from the control panel and were unsuccessful you may have to go to your C:/Program Files/java and delete the folder. Try installing java after you delete the folder if that doesn't work you may have to go into the registry and delete all the java files in your registry. I would do this as a last resort because if you mess up in your registry you are dead in the watter.There may be a simpler solution that I do not know of.

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