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Java JRE 7 Update 72 (64-bit)

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  • Latest Version

    Java JRE 8 Update 431 (64-bit)

  • Operating System

    Windows XP64 / Vista64 / Windows 7 64 / Windows 8 64

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  • Filename

    jre-7u72-windows-x64.exe

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What's new in this version:

- D3D: rendering with XOR composite causes InternalError.
- Lack of synchronization in AppContext.getAppContext()
- Exception thrown when drag and drop between two components is executed quickly
- Dvorak keyboard mapping not honored when ctrl key pressed
- java.beans.XMLEncoder.writeObject output is wrong
- JAB: mneumonics not read for textboxes
- JAB: Multiselection Ctrl+CursorUp/Down and ActivateDescenderPropertyChanged event
- Htmleditorkit parser doesn't handle leading slash (/)
- [macosx] Cannot select from JComboBox in a JWindow
- ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in JTable while clearing data in JTable
- Editable combos in table do not behave as expected
- com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection:ReadTimeout should abandon ldap request
- 14 stuck threads waiting for notification on LDAPRequest
- assert in j.l.instrument agents during shutdown when daemon thread is running
- SA: hash codes in SymbolTable mismatching java_lang_String::hash_code for extended characters.
- Display issue of java control panel in ko and ja locale
- Broken Java SE 7 jnlp samples (app2 and app3)
- Java Control Panel doesn't display correctly in high resolution
- Update resource files for TimeZone display names
- C2: assert(base == NULL || t_adr->isa_rawptr() || !phase->type(base)->higher_equal(TypePtr::NULL_PTR)) failed: NULL+offs not RAW address?
- Java with G1 crashes in dump_instance_fields using jmap or jcmd without fullgc
- assert(_f2 == 0 || _f2 == f2) failed: illegal field change
- Adjust call to getisax() for additional words returned
- "assert(thread != NULL) failed: just checking" due to Thread::current() and JNI pthread interaction
- Regression in verifier for <init> method call from inside of a branch
- Certpath validation fails if validity period of root cert does not include validity period of intermediate cert
- Introduce system property to maintain RC4 preference order
- (smartcardio) Card.disconnect(boolean reset) does not reset when reset is true
- javax.smartcardio does not detect cards on Mac OS X
- (smartcardio) Card.transmitControlCommand() does not work on Mac OS X
- (smartcardio) javax.smartcardio.CardTerminals.list() fails on MacOSX
- (smartcardio) CardTerminal.connect('direct') does not work on MacOSX
- (smartcardio) Need a flag to invert the Card.disconnect(reset) argument
- Java 7 jarsigner displays warning about cert policy tree
- wsimport fails on WSDL:header parameter name customization
- NPE seen in XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.setProperty since 7u40b33