JRE 6 update x freezing

[Aerik]

Windows XP Pro SP2

I don't get it. When ever I want to update the java runtime environment, I can't do it in any convenient manner. I download the installer, I open it, it takes up all my CPU, and never does a damn thing.

I have to try again, and again, and again and again, and maybe eventually it'll work. I can't find anything that should be affecting this.

So far on my pc I have JRE 6 updates 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7. If I were up to date I'd be on 12.

Anybody know any reasons why the installer always freezes? Nothing else on this pc behaves this way.

[Rat]

Have you downloaded the full standalone (offline) installer, rather than the online setup thingy? I find that it often works better.

[Aerik]

I download an installer and open it. jxpinstall.exe ...

[thrombus29]

One of the Vundo trojans was hitting some Java versions, I had one that wouldn't let me update my anti-virus.

It might be that

(Might)