Why am I getting error "Splunk enterprise setup wizard ended prematurely" in windows 7 64 bit machine?

[venkata_p]

Please Help to check the above Error. I am facing during the fresh installation itself. Not able to install in windows 7 64 bit machine.

[ChrisG]

Are you trying to install the latest version of Splunk Enterprise, running on an English version of Windows? What kind of license are you using?

There are some previous Answers postings, with long discussion threads, about this same question:

• http://answers.splunk.com/answers/187068/why-cant-i-install-splunk-on-windows-7-64-bit-and.html
• http://answers.splunk.com/answers/177866/why-am-i-getting-splunk-enterprise-setup-wizard-en.html

[Sourabhv05]

Please download compatible version of Splunk with 64 bits and try again.

After downloading follow the installation steps from knowledge base.