A simple solution to that is to roll back to the older Java build until the new one is released in a week or two.
I'm all for updating to the latest versions of drivers and software, but as anyone who has struggled with video problems here, the latest ain't always the best.
As much as I've trusted Sun in the past to keep Java stable, they've become too much like Microsoft in the last few years.
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