Java Red X Error

[Craig Brass]

Hello,

Every time I try and go to a site that uses Java, the Java just shows a red x (as shown in the screenshot attached).

The java console shows the following :-

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Java Plug-in 1.5.0_04

Using JRE version 1.5.0_04 Java HotSpot Client VM

User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\craigbrass1

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c:  clear console window

f:  finalize objects on finalization queue

g:  garbage collect

h:  display this help message

l:  dump classloader list

m:  print memory usage

o:  trigger logging

p:  reload proxy configuration

q:  hide console

r:  reload policy configuration

s:  dump system and deployment properties

t:  dump thread list

v:  dump thread stack

x:  clear classloader cache

0-5: set trace level to <n>

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load: class CustApp.class not found.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: CustApp.class

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed.

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

... 10 more

Exception in thread "Thread-5" java.lang.NullPointerException

at sun.plugin.util.GrayBoxPainter.showLoadingError(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.showAppletException(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

java.lang.NullPointerException

at sun.plugin.util.GrayBoxPainter.showLoadingError(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.showAppletStatus(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Any ideas on fixing this? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling java but with no joy. The same error is shown in Internet Explorer.

Best Regards,

Craig Brass