Installation quietly dies

Question

I'm trying to install J2SDK 1.4.2_04 but the installation quietly dies in between. It gets to the point where it asks you to agree to the EULA and then dies without any message. I've tried installing the JRE and earlier versions with identical results. I do have a couple of previous versions of the SDK already previously installed but need the latest version. I'm unable to reinstall even a version that I already have installed. I could uninstall all previous versions first but don't want to risk losing java altogether if that doesn't work unless someone here thinks it has a good chance of working.
Help.

Answer 1

I don't have Antivirus software.
I ran the setup while tracking all changes it was making using a utility called InCtrl5. I can't see anything interesting in the results:
Installation Report: Setup Launcher
Generated by InCtrl5, version 1.0.0.0
Install program: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\j2sdk-1_4_2_04-windows-i586-p.exe
5/15/2004 10:59 PM
Registry
Keys ignored: 0
     * (none)
Values deleted: 1
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}\Count "HRZR_EHACVQY:%pfvqy2%\Nqzvavfgengvir Gbbyf"
          Type: REG_BINARY
          Data: BD, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
Values changed: 5
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}\Count "HRZR_EHACNGU"
          Old type: REG_BINARY
          New type: REG_BINARY
          Old data: BE, 03, 00, 00, B9, 01, 00, 00, 00, 7F, D8, 93, 09, 3B, C4, 01
          New data: BE, 03, 00, 00, BA, 01, 00, 00, C0, 3C, 19, 57, 0A, 3B, C4, 01
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}\Count "HRZR_EHACNGU:P:\Qbphzragf naq Frggvatf\Nqzvavfgengbe\Qrfxgbc\w2fqx-1_4_2_04-jvaqbjf-v586-c.rkr"
          Old type: REG_BINARY
          New type: REG_BINARY
          Old data: BD, 03, 00, 00, 07, 00, 00, 00, 80, DF, D2, 5E, 96, 3A, C4, 01
          New data: BE, 03, 00, 00, 08, 00, 00, 00, 60, C3, 1A, 57, 0A, 3B, C4, 01
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG "Seed"
          Old type: REG_BINARY
          New type: REG_BINARY
          Old data: 7A, 5C, 72, 9B, DF, 30, AC, E3, F2, CA, 4C, 5E, 3A, D0, 59, 7D, 2E, 4D, C3, ED, 75, 9E, F4, 63, 69, 48, 51, B7, A3, 2F, 17, EC, 2A, FE, EF, 76, D9, 03, DC, 75, A8, 41, B4, A0, F9, 05, D2, C0, C9, 42, 67, AF, CC, 78, 2F, D5, 3B, BF, B3, 69, D1, 0B, 17, EF, 76, CD, 02, 30, D6, 26, 52, 0A, 53, E8, D9, 90, 39, 57, 6A, 1D
          New data: 32, 35, 8F, F0, CF, 3E, 82, AD, 71, 47, 79, CB, F9, F7, 7D, 84, 3C, DE, D3, 2C, 59, 35, C1, D1, 85, FD, 3A, 4F, 82, B2, 1E, 21, C9, 1B, 59, B6, CB, C4, 20, 23, 0B, 55, F2, DE, 27, 23, E6, FD, 3B, 01, E8, F0, 21, FD, 5E, 1D, 2E, CB, E4, B5, 02, 88, E1, 5F, FB, 2A, F5, 84, B6, 44, 9F, FF, 72, 72, F5, A8, FD, C1, 4D, 60
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ServiceCurrent "(Default)"
          Old type: REG_DWORD
          New type: REG_DWORD
          Old data: 10, 00, 00, 00
          New data: 11, 00, 00, 00
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ServiceCurrent "(Default)"
          Old type: REG_DWORD
          New type: REG_DWORD
          Old data: 10, 00, 00, 00
          New data: 11, 00, 00, 00
Disk contents
Files added: 2
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\434a65e4.msi
          Date: 5/15/2004 10:55 PM
          Size: 47,528,448 bytes
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\434a65e5.mst
          Date: 5/15/2004 10:55 PM
          Size: 32,768 bytes
Files changed: 11
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT
          Old date: 5/15/2004 10:49 PM
          New date: 5/15/2004 10:56 PM
          Old size: 2,592,768 bytes
          New size: 2,592,768 bytes
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\ntuser.dat.LOG
          Old date: 5/15/2004 10:49 PM
          New date: 5/15/2004 10:56 PM
          Old size: 1,024 bytes
          New size: 1,024 bytes
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\{35A3A4F2-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0142040}\1033.MST
          Old date: 5/15/2004 9:04 AM
          New date: 5/15/2004 10:55 PM
          Old size: 32,768 bytes
          New size: 32,768 bytes
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\{35A3A4F2-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0142040}\Java 2 SDK, SE v1.4.2_04.msi
          Old date: 5/15/2004 9:05 AM
          New date: 5/15/2004 10:55 PM
          Old size: 47,528,448 bytes
          New size: 47,528,448 bytes
     c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\DLL_{35A3A4F4-B792-11D6-A78A-00B0D0142040}.ini
          Old date: 5/15/2004 9:05 AM
          New date: 5/15/2004 10:56 PM
          Old size: 1,445 bytes
          New size: 1,445 bytes