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I fail to follow your logic, Jeff: why would bypassing regulations be allowed for 64bits yet not for 32bits ?

What 'logic' are you talking about. That is NOT what Jeff said at all. What he said was this:When SQLDev 4 goes production, there will be a download avail for Windows that includes a 64 bit 1.7 JDK.

That doesn't say anything at all about what may, or may not, be available for 32 bits.

He also said this:The Embedded JDK isn't there to bypass your IT and security regulations, it's for folks that don't know what Java or a JDK are and just want to download and run SQL Developer as painlessly as possible.

That is, he said it IS NOT there for the purpose of bypassing anything except providing that 'godsend' that you, yourself, just mentioned.

When an IT department has restricted their users privileges to the users machines that is generally accompanied by having those users READ and ACCEPT an agreement that they will NOT install unauthorized software on those machines.

The first step for a user in those environments should be to get approval from their manager, or the IT department to download and install software such as sql developer on their machine. If a user has NOT obtained that approval then they should NOT be installing the software.

If approval has been given then the user should seek the IT depts help if additional privileges are needed to perform the install.