Cannot install Java JDK in Windows 7

Question

I cannot install Java JDK on this computer. Right in the beginning of the installation it comes up with error 2203. 

I have looked at other posts about this but they did not help and they are old.

I launched the jdk-11.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe as administrator and it does the same thing. I checked the permissions on the  the C:\Windows\Installer folder security tab in properties and it has  "System",  "Adminstrators (as my account)" and "Everyone" in the Group or User names. Both System and Administrators have everything checked in permissions. "Everyone" just has 3 read  related check marks.

The C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp folder has "Owners Rights" and my account name but not as administrator like it is in the System folder, listed in Groups or user names. Owner rights has no check marks in permissions and my account has everything checked.

This has been a problem for a long time and I have not been able to update to any other versions of Java JDK. The version that is on here is Java 6 update 20 from 5/17/11

This is so ridiculous not to be able to install so many different things because of this problem. Please help me get this fixed.

Thank you!

RR

Answer 1

Hi,

My hard drive is a fairly new static drive. We used to write zeros to the entire hard drive to clear every last bit so it was like new? Then we would install the new operating system.

1. Laptop
2. Age of computer - from 2011
3. make/model - Toshiba Tecra R840  S8410
4. Operating system installed (e.g. Windows 7) - Windows 7 Professional w/SP1
5. 32 or 64 bit? (Right-click on Computer, choose Properties) - 64 bit
6. Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed? Same place as 5 above. SP1
7. Capacity of disk drive, how much is in use?250 Gb,  207GB in use, 9.33GB free, This varies as I clear off space to an external drive when needed.
8. Model number of hard drive - Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250Gb
9. Age of hard drive if not the original - about 2 years old
10. How much memory is installed? (Right-click on Computer, choose Properties) 8Gb
11. Please list ALL installed programs..... Acrobat reader, Adobe Acrobat, Malwarebytes, Spybot, Skype, Notepad++, KMplayer, VLC player, Audacity, Core Temp, Free Commander XE, Java 6, MS .Net Framework, WinRar 540, a number of Toshiba apps like finger print utility for logging in....
12. What security software is installed? - Avast Anti-Virus
13. Speed of Internet service you are using (www.speedtest.net )  15mbs
14. Thanks!

Answer 2

Now that is good info:

First, you need to understand that laptops do not live a long life.  50% are no longer usable after 5 years.  Yours is now going on 8 years and is in its senior later life stages, statistically speaking.

Second, the guideline is you should not allow your hard drive to reach more than 75% available space in use.  The reason for that guideline is that after 75%, the system will begin thrashing (looking for space) and will suffer performance reduction.  As that goes higher and higher it will get worse until at some point it will no longer operate.  Yours is over 95% in use and it is a wonder it works at all.

Chrome uses a lot of memory.  When your computer is working, it writes off parts of what is in memory to the hard drive to restore usable memory.  Probably the reason your system is floundering using Chrome is because it cannot find space on the hard drive to put that.

SSD drives wear each time they are written to.  That's a physical fact, not a matter of opinion.  That's why you should never defrag an SSD, or write zeros on it.  A too-full SSD will probably wear out faster because it is moving things around to make space.  Zero writing on a disk drive is something used for high intelligence, high security installations.

When SSD drives begin to fail, they tend to fail completely with little warning.

I presume the Avast version you have installed is their "security" suite, not just AV.  If that is the case, and you need to diagnose problems, start by completely removing it.  Security suites will actively work to hide the problems.  I look after over 100 systems and will not even attempt a diagnosis until it is removed completely.   Removed completely means using the vendors removal software.

Malwarebytes is an installed app that has been known to conflict with "security" programs.  I used if for years, but then discovered ADWcleaner, which is not an installed app and cannot conflict.  It is downloadable scanner.  It is free.  It is so good Malewarebytes bought it.  It is much faster and just as good.  If you brought me your computer, I would remove Malwarebytes.  Spybot is overkill.  You only need to use ADWcleaner once in a while.

Answer 3

Now that is good info:

First, you need to understand that laptops do not live a long life.  50% are no longer usable after 5 years.  Yours is now going on 8 years and is in its senior later life stages, statistically speaking.

Second, the guideline is you should not allow your hard drive to reach more than 75% available space in use.  The reason for that guideline is that after 75%, the system will begin thrashing (looking for space) and will suffer performance reduction.  As that goes higher and higher it will get worse until at some point it will no longer operate.  Yours is over 95% in use and it is a wonder it works at all.

Chrome uses a lot of memory.  When your computer is working, it writes off parts of what is in memory to the hard drive to restore usable memory.  Probably the reason your system is floundering using Chrome is because it cannot find space on the hard drive to put that.

SSD drives wear each time they are written to.  That's a physical fact, not a matter of opinion.  That's why you should never defrag an SSD, or write zeros on it.  A too-full SSD will probably wear out faster because it is moving things around to make space.  Zero writing on a disk drive is something used for high intelligence, high security installations.

When SSD drives begin to fail, they tend to fail completely with little warning.

I presume the Avast version you have installed is their "security" suite, not just AV.  If that is the case, and you need to diagnose problems, start by completely removing it.  Security suites will actively work to hide the problems.  I look after over 100 systems and will not even attempt a diagnosis until it is removed completely.   Removed completely means using the vendors removal software.

Malwarebytes is an installed app that has been known to conflict with "security" programs.  I used if for years, but then discovered ADWcleaner, which is not an installed app and cannot conflict.  It is downloadable scanner.  It is free.  It is so good Malewarebytes bought it.  It is much faster and just as good.  If you brought me your computer, I would remove Malwarebytes.  Spybot is overkill.  You only need to use ADWcleaner once in a while.