why can I not download the applets for yahoo pool?

Answer 1

XP's internet browser has not got Java runtime envorinment {JRE} by default,

but Windows 2000 and Windows 98 did have this...

So whenever you installs windows XP (SP1 or SP2) and you wanna play yahoo pool then you have to install JRE on your system...
You can download it free from...
http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

After installation you can play Yahoo Pool and other java oriented games on your system...