This is strange. I saw (on this forum?) the information that a new Java 7 update was available so I repeatedly ran the update function in my "Java Control Panel" but it would not update,said it was already up to date. It was Java 6 # 26 I think.
Well I uninstalled Java and then went onto the Oracle site and downloaded Java again and now Java shows as Java 7.
I suppose that most people could get along without even having Java installed on their computer?