Duff Java
@ Ex Orange
"Then tried Cartmans - which for some unknown reason was trying to make me jump back onto my realdownload window"
What is the "realdownload window" ? Is it something to do with Real Player ? If so, this could be a problem area as RP will install itself in your Start menu & could be messing things up.
When you go to the link I quoted, it should simply open a window allowing you to download the file "msjav86.exe" direct from Microsoft to the directory of your choice . Close down any other running progs, disable any anti-virus software & click on the .exe file to install it. If this is not happening, I don't know what to suggest :-(
(unless of course, you do have Real Player installed in which case , you could try uninstalling it, loading Java & re-installing!)