After clicking Start checking, I get the following error Load Generator Localhost:7100 Unavailable. I have confirmed that new Java is populating in the task manager. Need help in allowing this process to run.
So if the JAVA process started did you see any CPU activities on your machine related to an anti-virus or else?
How long does it take to get the error?
Could you check your environment variables in your machine in case you have a CLASSPATH defined? If yes you can unset it and try again.
Try increasing lg.start.delay to 120000 in agent.properties placed under conf folder