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Problem with installing Java in Vista

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DarkCyber

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I have a Dell XPS 420 computer and of course it came preloaded with Vista Home Premium and all extra junk software. So, I setup my raid 0 and did a clean installation of Vista Home Premium from the included Dell Vista dvd. Everything is working smoothly, except I cannot get JAVA to install. Java was installed and working in the preloaded version, so I know it will install and work in Vista.

Here is what I have done so far:

1. I tried the online installation, downloading and running xpiinstall.exe and I get this error:

This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that it is a valid windows installer package.

I have even run it by right clicking and selecting 'run as admin'...still no good.

2. I tried the offline installation, using the Jre_6u7_windows_i586_p_s and get this error:

Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform path are valid.

I know from the Java website that there are issues with Java and Vista. I just wonder if anyone here has been able to get Java installed?

Thanks!
 
I have the JDK/SDK installed on vista home premium, maybe try that instead of the JRE? I only ever get the 'offline'(big) installation file.
 
Never run into this problem on Vista. But then again I always get java installed via Frostwire. Try that?
 
clean out your temporary internet folder. You probably downloaded a bad copy and it keeps trying to use it.
 
I have the Java SDK installed in both Vista Business x86 and Vista Ultimate x64. Have not tried installing just the bare JRE, but the SDK includes the JRE.
 
BillLeeLee said:
I have the Java SDK installed in both Vista Business x86 and Vista Ultimate x64. Have not tried installing just the bare JRE, but the SDK includes the JRE.
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Is the SDK the big file, like 230 megs? I downloaded that one and then went to install it and it prompts me to enter a username and password and HTTP ports and HTTPS ports :eek: I must not have grabbed the correct one.
 
I have JDK 6u3 installed on Vista x64, however it didn't add the path of all the java executables to the PATH environment variable so I had to add it myself. To be honest, I'm not sure why. Maybe that's the issue the OP is having with the "path"?
 
Java installation can be flaky sometimes. For some computer you have to specify memory requirements by putting /xms strings in Java options to reserver x amount of memory for it.
 
DarkCyber said:
Is the SDK the big file, like 230 megs? I downloaded that one and then went to install it and it prompts me to enter a username and password and HTTP ports and HTTPS ports :eek: I must not have grabbed the correct one.
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Sounds like you grabbed the J2EE SDK
 
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