Updating Java to version 6.x on the BlackBerry Professional Server

As stated in the pervious post, there are people out there who have resisted the iPhone and have decided to stick with the BlackBerry. Due to this some people using a BlackBerry may have a BlackBerry server. To those who do have a BlackBerry server and have decided to update the program "Java" on it to the latest version may have encountered a problem or a error message. The error message may have stated something like the following: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( BMDS ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. Instead of using your BlackBerry or BlackBerry server as a projectile to take out your anger, your friendly neighborhood IT department has a solution for you. Make you are logged in as an Administrator on the BlackBerry server and do the following:

1. 1. Navigate to the Add/Remove Programs interface the way you normally do. (For most of us this is done via the control panel)
2. 2. From the programs listed find anything that says "Java update" and remove that update
3. 3. Continue this process until all java updates have been removed from your computer
4. 4. Open up the Internet browser you usually use and navigate to the following web site:
   http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
5. 5. Navigate the Java web site until you have found the program "JRE1.5.0_18.exe". (If you are having trouble finding it, you can always download the latest version of Java instead)
6. 6. Go ahead and install the Java program on your computer
7. 7. Once the Java program/update has installed, close out of your internet browser and get back to the desktop
8. 8. Click the "Start" button, then highlight and click "Run"
9. 9. Type in the following: regedit and hit enter on the keyboard
10. 10. On the left hand side, of the window that opened up, click the plus(+) sign beside the following folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
11. 11. Next find the folder marked SYSTEM and click the plus(+) sign beside it
12. 12. Repeat this process and navigate to the file CurrentControlSet\Services\BlackBerry MDS Connection Service ImagePath (REG_SZ)
13. 12. Once you have found the ImagePath file, double click and open it up
14. 13. In the value string box type in the following:
    "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\MDS\bin\bmds.exe" -s jvmpath="C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_18\bin\client\jvm.dll" -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Xss64K -Xmx768M -Xms128M classpathdir="C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\MDS\classpath\\" wrkdir="C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\MDS\Servers\\\" webserverdir="C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\MDS\webserver\\" -rbes "_MDS-CS_1", hit "Ok" or "Enter" and you should be good to go.
15. ***The word SERVERNAME in the step above is the name of your own server that you have. This information should be displayed. If it is not, contact your Systems Administrator for more information.***

For a more detailed step by step than this, please visit the following web site:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/bes-admin-corner/92708-bmds-service-bes-server.html