There are few things that could create errors during or after executing the installer.

Make sure there is enough disk space on the machine.

Make sure you do not have any anti virus software or PCanywhere running, as this may create problems with InstallAnywhere installers.

There are also problems with InstallAnywhere installers and Dell OpenManager. If OpenManager has installed on the target system, be sure to disable it before installing OBM.

Hardware could cause errors as well, try set your [hardware acceleration display setting] to off. There are problems with certain versions of Java running along with certain video cards.

This may only be a Java problem.

Also, if you are transferring this file from one machine to another, please be sure the file size is valid and you are transferring the file in binary mode.

Java Testing
Please try running any of the Swing demos that came with the Java runtime in 1.4.X and see if it hangs on Windows. In order to fix this problem, some knowledge base on the Internet suggested updating DirectX to at least DirectX 8.1. Most machines got this problem had DirectX 7.0 installed. (You can use the “dxdiag” command to find out the directX version)

SUN recommended two workarounds for certain video card issues
The following will pass properties to the installer's Virtual Machine:
In Advanced Designer – Project -> Config -> Additional Arguments
set that to "-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true" without the quotes.
Set the following lax property in your LaunchAnywhere for your application's JVM:
lax.nl.java.option.additional=-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true

Add the same line to the uninstaller lax file, using a modify file action in your installer in post-install.