FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.7.210 and 1.7.250

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
windows 7 enterprise 32bit

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
We cannot run the jre-7u25-windows-i586.exe silent install with our deployment tool Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager due to the installer bug when run as local system account and when run on 64bit operating systems. When running the extracted MSI installer msiexec.exe /q ALLUSERS=2 /m MSIPDOLY /i jre1.7.0_25.msi /NORESTART it runs successfully once. If the machine runs the installer or repair again it deletes most files as if running a partial uninstall. Running the msi install or repair options do not fix this condition and a full uninstall (with missing dll popups) and reinstall is needed. Please correct the MSI installer. The /i switch should never remove a product. Organizations that need to update thousands of client using Active Directory for example need the MSI installer to function properly,

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
install JRE msiexec.exe /q ALLUSERS=2 /m MSIPDOLY /i jre1.7.0_25.msi /NORESTART. Run installer again, msiexec.exe /q ALLUSERS=2 /m MSIPDOLY /i jre1.7.0_25.msi /NORESTART. Missing files and broken jre results.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
running msiexec.exe /i should install, running msiexec /fvomus jre1.7.0_25.msi should repair.
ACTUAL -
corrupted non working JRE install requiring manual fix and custom coding to simply rollout frequent security issues introduced by JRE

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
manually installing on thousands of workstations.