Contents

About This Guide

Who Should Read This Book

What You Need to Know

How This Book is Organized

Document Conventions

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Where to Find Related Information

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Chapter 1 Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading Instant Messaging
Before You Begin

Installation Overview

Completing the Installation Checklist

Installing and Configuring Instant Messaging

Upgrading Instant Messaging From a Previous Version

Chapter 2 Setting up and Launching Instant Messenger
Enabling JavaTM Web Start

Configuring Client Systems

Launching Instant Messenger

Running Instant Messenger From a Web Browser

Running Instant Messenger as a Standalone Application

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Installation
Creating a UNIX System User and Group (UNIX Only)

LDAP Issues

Difficulty Loading Instant Messenger Resources

Browser Displays im.jnlp Contents

Cannot Start or Download Instant Messenger

Changes made to the Applet Descriptor Files are not Visible in the Browser

Chapter 4 Uninstalling Instant Messaging
Removing Instant Messenger on UNIX

Removing Instant Messaging on Windows

Glossary

Index

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Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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