I have loaded NW 7.4 in a test environment to check it out. Whenever I access the console, my PC spends a long while showing a message "checking for latest version". My java setting in my browser is shown as 1.4 but NW 7.4 needs 1.5 so I assume that this time is spent downloading it from the server.

Problem is that it does this every time. I have tried unchecking the Java (Sun) flag "Use JRE 1.4 . . ." hoping that it will load 1.5 and I can then check the block again. No luck.

Does anyone know how to fix this ? i.e. to load JRE 1.5.0_11 permanently in my browser to avoid downloading it every time ?

Thanks