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From: Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't install JDK - KERNEL32.dll problem?
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:57:52 -0700
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On 9/2/2011 5:11 AM, A B wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> I'm absolutely new to Java (except a few attempts years ago which didn't
> get anywhere) and have just been trying to install JDK 7. When I click
> on the installer I get an error message:
>
> jdk-7-windows-i586.exe - Entry Point Not Found
> The procedure entry point DecodePointer could not be located in the
> dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll.
>
> Please can someone tell me how to fix this? The installer itself is
> straight off the Oracle website, though there was a hitch or two in
> downloading it.
> Thanks,

I would bet it is corrupted.  Try downloading again.

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Knute Johnson