I also read this thread and thought great, I can get rid of all those other various version of Java that are cluttering up the HD.
Went to their web site and started downloading version 6 update 5, following all the prompts.
Installation appeared to be going normally until I got to the "Copying New Files" in the window titled Java Setup Progress.
After downloading less than a quarter of the required files it stopped and will not go any further. I have tried three times with same result.
Has anyone a suggestion why this has happened and how I can complete the download ?