On Sunday, Feb 23, 2003, at 06:23 US/Central, Rebecca J.Hoffman wrote: > Ever since I upgraded my 800MHz ibook to 10.2.4, I've had a window > headed "Java Console" popping up at odd moments. It contains esoteric > communications which I am unable to decipher. I also seem unable to > join a chat which I had had no trouble with on my old Mac. The Java console contains bumph that's interesting chiefly to Java programmers trying to figure out why their programs don't run correctly. You can ignore it. You might keep it from appearing by changing the preferences in your browser. If you tell us which one it is, someone can tell you if that's possible or not. I never see it with Mozilla or Safari, so I'm guessing you're using IE. Regards, Mike