Install Oracle 12C Release 1 (12.1) on Windows 7, 8

Posted on July 11, 2013 by joda3008

This article presents how to quickly install Oracle Database 12C Release 1 (12.1.0.1) on Windows.

In case you want to install Oracle RAC 12C on Windows 2008 check following article:

Install Oracle RAC 12C 12.1.0.1 on Windows 2008 using Oracle Virtual Box

Software used:

Oracle Database 12C Release 1(12.1.0.1) – 64 bit for Windows
Windows 8 Pro edition 64 bit

Binaries Database 12C Release 1(12.1.0.1)

winx64_12c_database_1of2.zip - database software
winx64_12c_database_2of2.zip - database software

Hardware and software requirements:

at least 2GB ram as minimumat least 10G space
Windows Server 2008 x64 and up – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, and Foundation editions.
Windows Server 2012 x64 – Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions
Windows 7 x64 – Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions
Windows 8 x64 – Pro and Enterprise editions

I installed database software on Windows 8 Pro edition. Grid 12C is not supported for Windows 8 Pro.

Install database software

Unzip both files in the same directory in my case I did it in c:\download

cd c:\download

unzip winx64_12c_database_1of2.zip
unzip winx64_12c_database_2of2.zip

It will create subdirectory c:\download\database with following structure.Just run setup.exe.

1. Installer should start

2. Uncheck checkbox “I wish to receive security updates via My Oracle Support” and then click “Next” button.

3. Ignore following message and click “Yes” button.

4. Select “Skip software updates” and click “Next” button.

5. Select “Create and configure a database” and click “Next” button.

6. Select “Server class” option and click “Next” button.

7. Select “Single instance database installation” option and click “Next”. Other options are available if you have grid software 12C installed.

8. Select “Advanced install” to have more options during installation of a new database. Click “Next” button.

9. Select your language option. Once it’s done click “Next” button.

10. Accept default “Enterprise Edition” and click “Next” button.

11. On this screen you can select account which will be used to install and use of new database software. I used “Use Windows Built-in Account”. Click “Next” button.

12. In such case ignore next message by clicking “Yes” button.

13. On the screen you can select directory for new binaries. Click “Next” button.

14. Accept default “General Purpose/Transaction Processing” and click “Next” button.

15. Enter “Global database name”, “Oracle system identifier (SID)” for your new database which will be created. If you check checkbox “Create as Container database” your database will be able to consolidate many databases. In such case you need to enter name of your first pluggable database “Pluggable database name”. Click “Next” button.

16. Specify more details about your database on 3 tabs where you can define memory settings, character set and if to install sample schemas on your database. Once you are happy with your settings click “Next” button.

17. On this screen you can select place where database files will be created. Select “File system” option and click “Next” button.

18. On this screen you can register your new database in Oracle Enterprise Cloud. Click “Next” button to continue.

19. Check checkbox “Enable Recovery” to specify recovery area where backups will be stored. Click “Next” button to continue.

20. Specify password for each user or enter the same for all. Once it’s done click “Next” button.

21. Checks are started to verify if OS is ready to install database software.

22. If everything is right click “Install” button. It’s the last moment to come back to each of previous point and make changes.

23. Installation in progress … go play football 🙂

24. Database Configuration Assistant will start automatically and create database for you.

25. Once database is created you should see summary window. Click “OK” button.

26. Installation is completed. Click “Close” button.

Have a fun 🙂

Tomasz

63 thoughts on “Install Oracle 12C Release 1 (12.1) on Windows 7, 8”

abhi on July 23, 2013 at 9:42 am said:

Hi,
can u just let me know how to configure LDAP via oracle.As i want to connect oracle with ldap.I have install oracle and openldap setup now i want to connect oracle using ldap.can u just help me out in this .It will be great help if i get screen shot of everything done to connect oracle with ldap.

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- admin on July 23, 2013 at 12:09 pm said:
  
  Hi Abhi
  
  I’m not familiar with openldap I can’t help you right now but it looks like very interesting option to learn. I can’t promise anything but I’ll look closer on it one day :).
  
  Regards
  Tomasz
  
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abhi on July 23, 2013 at 9:43 am said:

and yup it was great help ur link really helped me to install oracle 12c.

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Tony on July 30, 2013 at 6:00 pm said:

How do I solve the prerequisite check failures in Architecture and path?
PRKN-1015: FAILED TO COPY FILE..F:\…RemoteExcservice.exe to C:\
Details: PRVF-7536: Architecture check cannot b performed on node.

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- admin on July 31, 2013 at 5:35 pm said:
  
  what kind of windows are you using ?
  
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  - Tony on August 3, 2013 at 10:54 am said:
    
    Windows 8 Pro 64 bit. So far The database is accessible through SQL Developer, but SQL Plus is not.
    
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    - admin on August 7, 2013 at 7:04 am said:
      
      It’s very simple case. You need to verify entries in your tnsnames.ora file. Please read about tnsping – it’s king of ping tool for oracle, tnsnames.ora file.
      
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Curtis Steinmetz on August 12, 2013 at 9:35 pm said:

Thanks for this. I had previously installed 11g R2 under Windows 7, but I was having a lot of trouble getting 12c installed on Windows 8 …. until I found this blog post! So far so good. I am 62% of the way through the “Database Configuation Assistant” stage. I would just add two little details: 1. It looks like it’s probably a good idea to turn the firewall off during the whole installation process (I did not, and there were at least two points at which I had to “allow access” manually during the installation). 2. If during the installation you encounter any “file not found” errors, this is (probably) due to the downloaded files being corrupted – so just download them over again! Thanks again!

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Han on September 2, 2013 at 2:31 pm said:

Hi,

I am trying to install Oracle 12c and could not get my installation past the 59% progress..and I have this message in the Details box.

“Verifying whether Central Inventory is locked by any other OUI session…
Central Inventory is not locked.”

Please help!!

Thanks,

Han

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- Han on September 2, 2013 at 2:33 pm said:
  
  OH, and I am installing on a Windows 8 desktop. I followed your directions above but I am still running into the same issue.
  
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  - Pablo on April 9, 2014 at 10:40 pm said:
    
    Have to unzip the two files in a single folder
    
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    - admin on April 10, 2014 at 8:01 am said:
      
      very true
      
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      - Rick Romero on February 7, 2015 at 10:01 pm said:
        
        Pablo: thanks . You saved the day
Omar on October 25, 2013 at 3:33 pm said:

Hungarian and Hungary rock! Thank you Tamasz! Worked out perfectly!

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- admin on October 25, 2013 at 7:42 pm said:
  
  I’m from Poland but I fully agree Hungary rocks 🙂
  
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  - Omar on October 28, 2013 at 9:09 pm said:
    
    I also love Poland and Polish! And I love Hel!
    
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Yolande on January 26, 2014 at 7:04 pm said:

I have made several attempts to install but each time it get to the 59% mark it sits for hours. Is this normal how long does a typical install take?

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- admin on January 26, 2014 at 10:13 pm said:
  
  That’s strange. It should not happen. Are you trying to install it on certified version of windows ?
  Installation should take about 30 minutes.
  
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Elyor on February 6, 2014 at 8:11 am said:

Thank you…

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saraaltaher on February 12, 2014 at 10:02 am said:

This message appears to me in the last installation process I do not know what is required, for example, you file a minus?
the file not foun:E:\app\USER\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\ctx\admin\dr0ulitb\.sql.sbs

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- admin on February 12, 2014 at 11:22 am said:
  
  It’s very strange.Are you sure you unziped both files
  unzip winx64_12c_database_1of2.zip
  unzip winx64_12c_database_2of2.zip
  before proceeding with installation ?
  
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  - RohiniBasu on July 17, 2016 at 8:28 am said:
    
    I am facing the same problem while installing Oracle 12c in windows10.
    
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saraaltaher on February 14, 2014 at 6:09 pm said:

yes am sure……………….?

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Grace on February 28, 2014 at 2:34 am said:

Thank you for all the info. I previously installed 11g R2 under Windows 7. Now, I am trying to install 12c on Windows 8, but I got an error message [INS-30131] in the stage of Software Update, the error comeup after “Select “Skip software updates” and click “Next” button.. I appreciate if you have the solution.

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- admin on February 28, 2014 at 11:06 am said:
  
  According to metalink on Windows. I suggest to download again software possible corruption.
  
  1. Enable administrative share for C$ (Please check with your System Admin to do this or See Microsoft document http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984)
  
  2. Check that it is ok:
  – net use \\\c$ should work
  – the current user (i.e. user in administrator group) should have all privileges on the default share
  
  3. Retry the installation
  
  4. Remove the administrative share again
  
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aravind on March 3, 2014 at 2:42 pm said:

Yes me too Oracle instalation process 09 > takes for about 59% and stops … Can any body help me for this

in details i get ::
Updating Registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MECHINE/SOFTWERE/ORACLE/KEY_Oradb12Home1’

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- admin on March 3, 2014 at 2:55 pm said:
  
  Please tell me which version of windows ? I can’t reproduce this error. I couldn’t find anything about it on Oracle metalink.
  
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  - ekta on July 30, 2016 at 9:25 am said:
    
    I am also facing the same problem.
    
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- paulemeka@live.co.uk on June 16, 2014 at 4:23 pm said:
  
  I got stuck at 59 percent mark. Thelast two lines in the details window are
  updating registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/KEY_OraDB12Home1’
  updating registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/KEY_OraDB12Home1’
  
  Do you know the solution to this
  
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megs on June 12, 2014 at 7:05 am said:

I installed oracle 12c on my windows 8 but couldnt connect to database, i was getting error-12560.
Can some1 help me how to UNINSTALL the oracle??

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- admin on June 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm said:
  
  If your installation has finished properly your problem are settings in network like: listener.ora, sqlnet.ora, tnsnames.ora. You need to verify it.
  
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Neel on June 14, 2014 at 4:42 pm said:

I installed the db successfully but I cant create a connection. I did exactly as you had stated but whenever I tried to create a connection with my system name as user and the password I provided during installation and selected SID as ORA12C I am getting the notification: invalid username/password logon denied. please give a solution. I cant figure out what username to put coz I havent provided any duringinstallation except for the password and SID.

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- admin on June 14, 2014 at 5:11 pm said:
  
  Just start cmd as administrator, set ORACLE_SID, connect as sys as sysdba using OS identification (no password required), then change password for user sys
  
  cmd> set ORACLE_SID=ORA12C
  cmd> sqlplus / as sysdba
  SQL> alter user sys identified by new_password;
  
  then sys password should be changed for container database
  
  Cheers
  Tomasz
  
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  - Raga on January 25, 2015 at 8:20 am said:
    
    I’ve tried ur installation process and tried the user altered in cmd, still it showed an error invalid username and password.
    
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paulemeka@live.co.uk on June 17, 2014 at 8:34 am said:

I downloaded Oracle 12C Enterprice from http://www.Oracle.com on June 17, 2014 at 10:15am
I unzipped winx64_12c_database_1of2 and winx64_12c_database_2of2 into C:\Oracle12C folder. I have admin rights on the system. Please note that I have installed and managed Oracle10g, 11g even in a production environment.

I right clicked on winx64_12c_database_1of2\database\setup.exe and selected Run as Administrator
and followed on the instructions the following errors occured.

when the installtion got to 36%, I got error
File not found C:\Oracle12C\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\ctx\admin\dr0ulib.sql.sbs

When it got @47% , I got another error
File not found C:\Oracle12C\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\rdbms\install\sbs\trcsess.bat

Then @59%, I got another error
File not found C:\Oracle12C\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\demo\schema\mk_dir.sql.sbs

And it never went beyond 59%.

I got the same set of error messages on Windows 8.1 and WIndows 7 Pro.
What is the cause of this problem and how can I solve it?

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- admin on June 17, 2014 at 8:54 am said:
  
  That’s very weird it looks your download and unzip was not proper. Please download again.
  
  Cheers
  Tomasz
  
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- Amit on January 17, 2015 at 4:04 pm said:
  
  The reason for this error is that you unzipped the files in two separate folders. Unzip the file in one folder and make sure to unzip the second file in the stage folder of the first unzipped file. This will surely work.
  
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  - lingaiah on May 13, 2015 at 6:27 pm said:
    
    Amit
    on January 17, 2015 at 4:04 pm said:
    
    The reason for this error is that you unzipped the files in two separate folders. Unzip the file in one folder and make sure to unzip the second file in the stage folder of the first unzipped file. This will surely work.
    —
    First thanks to the blog.
    this worked for me. I went through several hungups during installation. Finally worked.
    
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    - Annadakant Mishra on December 16, 2015 at 3:09 am said:
      
      Hi Sir
      I am also facing the same issue.So I kept the 2nd zip file in stage folder,but again i am getting this error File not found I:\app\dipak\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\ctx\admin\dr0ulib.sql.sbs
      
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Chris K on July 8, 2014 at 2:41 am said:

Does anyone have an idea of solving ORA-12560 error for Oracel 12c Windows 8.1?

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harshal on July 10, 2014 at 3:54 pm said:

at 59% setup is hanged tried installing both server and desktop class but same problem exists so plz help

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- admin on July 10, 2014 at 8:30 pm said:
  
  It’s seems to me that the problem is related to wrongly downloaded installation files or you didn’t unzip both
  winx64_12c_database_1of2.zip – database software
  winx64_12c_database_2of2.zip – database software
  to the same directory.
  
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  - Chris K on July 16, 2014 at 1:48 am said:
    
    When unzipping, do them apart and then look for the folder named in #2, copy them and place in the same name folder in #1. That would solve your problem
    
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    - admin on July 16, 2014 at 8:07 am said:
      
      I have clarified it now it should be obvious how to start installation.
      
      Regards
      Tomasz
      
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Chris K on July 16, 2014 at 1:44 am said:

It would be really nice if someone can show how to solve the many installation errors. Seems like many ask the same question but no replies. All I see are how to install.

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- admin on July 16, 2014 at 8:10 am said:
  
  I count on all of you :). I’m not able to reproduce each case ! Next it’s very important to read the beginning of the post to find which binary version should be used for a given version of windows. It’s very important ! Non supported versions can fail.
  
  Regards
  Tomasz
  
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kumar awijeet on November 11, 2014 at 3:18 am said:

I have installed as you explained but when i go for SQL plus it asks for password and username. I don’t know what they are.
Here are the steps i perform:-
go to search
enter SQL Plus
a prompt is open asking for username and password
I am running windows 8.1 64bit
p.s I used a desktop class rather than a server class

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je on November 18, 2014 at 1:20 am said:

I have successfully installed 12c on a windows server 2012 but i would just like to know why when i chose to use the Use Existing Windows User in the Specify Home User page (step11), when i go to the NET configuration assistant, the windows home account password is not being accepted. Whereas if you chose the Use Windows Built- in Account, it would skip the password checking process and directly be able to create the listener account.. It seems there is a problem when choosing to create a new windows account and using the existing account choices..

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- admin on November 18, 2014 at 8:14 am said:
  
  I didn’t try this option. I need to check it.
  
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Vikki on February 3, 2015 at 6:35 am said:

Oracle 12C – hanged at 86%. Starting ‘Oracle Database Configuration Assistant’ .
OS: WIN 8.1

Please help.

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- admin on February 3, 2015 at 11:21 am said:
  
  Be patient it starts DBCA you should see the screen in a moment. It doesn’t hang. Just do ALT-TAB to see the new screen.
  
  Regards
  Tomasz
  
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  - Vikki on February 3, 2015 at 9:00 pm said:
    
    Whoops, I left it for whole night to get this process to complete. I woke up and checked, Same 86%. Then again waited for 2 hours, same result.
    
    Accidentally, I clicked Alt+Tab; there i found this progress is waiting for my response. Then, I given my response (just its about account information). then, the progress is reached 100%.
    
    Thanks admin for your response.
    
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Satish on March 3, 2015 at 10:53 am said:

Hi Friends,

Please follow this
Fixing missing files in Oracle 12c installation

Oracle 12c has a pretty dumb way of packaging the installer into two zip files along with the instructions of extracting the two zip files into one directory. This is commonly misunderstood as putting winx64_12c_database_1of2directory and winx64_12c_database_2of2 directory in the one directory say oracle. This is also due to the default setting of the common extraction tools, such as Winzip etc.
However on using this instruction when the installation is started using thesetup.exe the following error is returned:

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Files, such as dr0ulib.sql.sbs are reported by the installer as not found. To solve these you need to do the following:

1) Abort the current installer
2) Open the winx64_12c_database_2of2 directory and navigate to ..\winx64_12c_database_2of2\database\stage\Components directory copy all the files

3) Paste all files to the following location..\winx64_12c_database_1of2\database\stage\Components

Now run the setup.exe “Run as administrator” and follow the instructions to complete the installation without error

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- Buddha on July 9, 2015 at 6:31 am said:
  
  Thank you Satish, that was a perfect answer.
  I was getting the below errors during the Oracle 12c installation in windows 7.
  File not found …\dr0ulib.sql.sbs
  File not found …\trcsess.bat
  File not found …\mk_dir.sql.sbs
  
  Got it resolved by extracting the \database\stage\Components folder from \winx64_12c_database_2of2 and merging with ..\winx64_12c_database_1of2\database\stage\Components.
  
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- ravi on October 19, 2015 at 11:11 am said:
  
  Superub….Its works
  
  I had lost 3 days to make it happens
  
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  - Alex on February 8, 2018 at 9:56 am said:
    
    worked for me also!!
    so stupid packaging!
    Thenk yah ORIACLEX!
    
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- Thulasi on April 24, 2020 at 2:46 am said:
  
  Thanks much!
  This absolutely works fine:)
  
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lingaiah on May 13, 2015 at 6:30 pm said:

just finished installation of 12c. Screen shots were really helpful. Thanks a lot.
I still need to establish connection to Oracle.

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lingaiah on May 14, 2015 at 2:06 pm said:

Able to connect via sqlplus with SYS, but from OE I am unable to connect. Getting error
Connection with database failed. Database instance might be down. Try again once it is up.
Is there any thing need to install or any settings in OE, appreciate any help

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NRB on January 19, 2016 at 8:43 pm said:

Thanks, I successfully installed by using above steps in windows 7.

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EOUZAN on February 19, 2016 at 5:42 pm said:

https//localhost:5500.com/em cannot log to EM Database Express!!!

I installed 12c standard on my laptop OS Windows 8.1 Home.The installation process went successful BUT and I cannot log to URL http://localhost:5500/em because ‘the page cannot be displayed’.
So, I uninstalled oracle and have tried processing twice again. IN VAIN and I still cannot connect to //localhost:5500/em.

Can anyone pls instruct or assist with this ?????
Thanks for any help.

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Omar Alkhateeb on September 26, 2016 at 12:18 am said:

HELLO SIR,
PLEASE HELP ME IN THIS ISSUE , I TRYED TO INSTALL ORACLE DATABASE 12C ON WINDOWS 7 64-BIT , EVERYTHING GOES FINE UNTILL THE PROCESS/STEP Starting ‘Oracle Net Configuration Assistant’ AND IT STUCKS THERE

PLEASE HELP ME 🙂

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