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On a new PC, I disabled all Java plug-ins in Internet Explorer 10.

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From time-to-time on websites such as Facebook and Wikipedia I receive a message telling me that the website wants to run the Java add-on.

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Why would these websites want to update Java?

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Interestingly, this happens on the Wikipedia HTTP Cookie page, but not others.

Richard Ev
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"7 Update 25" is a version number, not the program name ("Java Se Runtime Environment").

It's just asking to turn the Java plugin in IE on since you have it installed (but turned off).

Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
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As sugegsted in my comment, the asker found out that the OGG audio player used by Wikipedia is made in Java, and thus requires the Java plugin to be installed on your browser.

You can find the player on the very bottom of the page, providing an audio version of the wiki page.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Media_help_(Ogg)

mveroone
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