Birdy,
Thanks for passing on Grandpa's suggestion. I have deleted everything I can find as far as Java is concerned and then reinstalled....to no avail.
I do want to tell you that when I downloaded the Beta version, as per your previous thread, I do have the Java icon on my control panel that now takes me to the Java Control Panel. This is a first. Something obviously improved...however, LW still won't open...still saying I need a newer version of java.