Java Plug-in 1.5.0_06 Error JRE notinited

Question

Uninstalled all JRE versions. and downloaded the previous offline install packets from:
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/
JRE 1.5.0
JRE 1.5.0_1
JRE 1.5.0_2
JRE 1.5.0_3
JRE 1.5.0_4
JRE 1.5.0_5
JRE 1.5.0_6
,Installed them one after the other due to I read somewhere they recommend you keep all your JRE versions. Keep getting that error JRE notinited error on the brower status bar when I run the verify installation proccess at
http://java.com/en
JRE 1.4.1_02 an older version works if I uninstall all the newer versions and leave this version.
None of the browser installed seem tow ork with the JRE 1.5 ect.
I have IE 6, Netscape 7.2,. Firefox 1.5 all will not load applets and get that verify install red x for failing to load.
Below is what I get in the Java Log.
I
Java Plug-in 1.5.0_06
Using JRE version 1.5.0_06 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Darrel Decal
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>
load: class jreCheck.class not found.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: jreCheck.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-4" 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)
Some People claim that Norton programs might interfere, I disabled them even went as far to uninstall them which takes a long time.. to uninstall and install them back.
I even went as far as a clean systems install of windows XP sp2 Home Edition and th en tried to update to Sun Java and still got the red X basically saying something wrong with install. But nothing every says its wrong when you run the offline installation. Just when you go back to the website to veriffy jjava is installed.
To be able to use my subsciption I pay for on Pogo.com to play games that require applets I had to enable the MSJava in Internet Explorer and disable the box of the Sun Java applet version whatever you have installed to have Runtime Environment.
If you don't have the MS Java on your Internet Explorer Advanced Options you can get it at this address:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/
Go figure. I thought Sun Java would be more better which I had working before have no clue why it stopped working and those errors come up when trying to play games that require the use of the java applet.
Was hoping other java users who have figured out why it stopped can tell me what to look for to alter so I can change back to sun Java.
The Sun Java works great with other applications just not the applets.

Answer 1

The same problem happened to me. When upgrading from JRE 1.5.0_5 to JRE 1.5.0_6, suddenly no applets would load, and all I could see was the little red X.
I tried to change proxysettings (I dont use a proxy, but it is told at http://www.java.com/en/download/help/redximage.xml that it is due to wrong proxy-settings). It didn't help.
I tried to turn off zonealarm. It didn't help.
I tried to clear the browsers cache. It didn't help.
I have been using both Firefox 1.5, and IE6. None would load the java-applets.
So I uninstalled all older JRE versions and installed JRE 1.4.1_02. It worked!
I then tried to upgrade to JRE 1.5.0. It didn't work.
Now I am back at JRE 1.4.1_02 without knowing why I had to downgrade through 6 versions that through the last year or so has been working fine on my machine.
I have no idea why it suddenly wouldnt work with the newer versions.
Any ideas?
Thank you.