Re: Can't install Origin on my old laptop that has Windows 8.1 64bit

I /literally/ had this same issue.

I refuse to do any more Windows Updates until I do a clean re-install of Windows 8.1 64bit someday (no Windows 10 as long as I can\live).

What fixed it for me:

I had Origin installed before but decided to do a clean install bc BF5 did not want to download the last update.

Deleted ALL Origin related items, RegEdit, in my C: (ProgramData, AppData, etc) aka deleting cache\whatnot

Did a Windows wide "clean" (BleachBit since CCleaner is spyware at this point)

Rebooted

Updated Java << HIGHLY rec this. Was in another "solution" blurb in a similar thread. I did this and the step below.

Used the OLD OriginThinSetup.exe

OLD ORIGIN CLIENT HERE: https://www.dm.origin.com/download/legacy

*NOTE: Make sure it's OriginThinSetup.exe, not ... ⚽.exe, etc. Make sure to delete any old Origin installers, and have it be the default filename it was downloading as.

(source: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin-Client-Web-Technical/Origin-Blank-Screen/m-p/7040715/highlight/true#M17406)

BAM! Installed, updated Origin afterwards, now I'm having to redownload 50GB of BF5 though (oof), but I'm glad it's working!

I hope this works!!!

Took me about an hour of headaches and 2 coffees.

Ok, I did all that but Origin seems to keep doing this whenever I start to install it. (I even uninstalled it when it was installing to try to fix the problem but it still didn't work) How do I fix this problem too?

Could you share a larger version of the image or even an image of just the error message as it is difficult to read the error message that you are seeing?

Darko