Netbeans 6.1 final, Install breaks/Won't start up

Yesterday I tired to upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1 and meet with disastrous results. Not only can I not get 6.1 to work but I also completely hosed my 6.0 install. I'm using windows 2000 sp4, and jdk1.6.0_04 (which I later upgraded to _06 in hopes that it would fix the problems). When I try and install Netbeans 6.1 it hangs at the end of the install at "Saving installed files list". The only way I can get out of this is to hit cancel. Then when I try and start it up it hangs on starting modules and I have to kill the process. This is true even when I choice not to import old settings. Netbeans 6.0 now hangs at the exact same spot. So I tried wiping out my old netbeans install and clearing out all the netbeans directories in my home dir. Still no luck. I've got a project to work on, and I'm stuck in limbo trying to get this to work, please tell me there is a fix for this.

Thank you.