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Attempting to add a Daatabse Driver. Runtime, Databases, right click, New Coinnection, Drop down to New Driver, Select New. Attempted with JRE 1.5.0_11 and 1.6.0_11: java version "1.6.0_01" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_01-b06) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_01-b06, mixed mode, sharing) This may be a reoccurence of #6449933 : http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6449933.
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Do you really use Windows Vista? If yes, do you use the final version?
Might also be related to http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6474738
Vista Professional was installed (32 bit) not the beta version. As I have experienced issues with other products using the platform I have reverted back to XP Pro. Where this has resolved my problem with the IDE, it of course does not remove the fact that the software would not install.
That is weird, because Java detects your OS as "Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86", as you can see from the message log. Anyway, I couldn't reproduce the issue, so closing. Please reopen if you can still reproduce it.