download and javascript does't show up in all programs and doesn't work

The first time I downloaded it I got and error which I forgot to write down and I uninstalled and reinstalled and now it just show up in add/remove through the control panel but it doesn't work and doesn't' show upat in all programs. Im using xp home on a ibm think pad which is about 5 years old pantium 3

[316 byte] By [edfromneda] at [2007-10-2 21:37:01]
# 1
thanks for the infooh, and btw javascript is not the same as java (although in this case I think you mean Java)
dwga at 2007-7-14 0:51:18 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 2
Downloaded what exactly? JSE 5? J2SE 1.4? The JDK or JRE? What OS exactly?
cknelsena at 2007-7-14 0:51:18 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...