I was able to solve this issue. I had same problem on Windows XP (32 Bit). I was installing LiveCycle ES on my desktop to do some solution evaluations.
The issue was the JDK I had assigned to use.
To resolve:
1. Make sure you have compliant JDK Version. To get mine to work I had to install JDK Version jdk1.5.0_17.
2. Switch the JDK that the JBOSS Java Service is pointing to. To do this, you will need to uninstall and reinstall the service.
2.A Go to your installation folder (C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8.2\jboss) and copy the file "InstallJBossService.bat" and rename it "UnInstallJBossService.bat".
2.B Change the command line to execute an uninstall by the following: "%LC8DIR%/jboss/JBossService.exe" -uninstall.
2.C Change your OS Environment Variable for JAVA_HOME to the correct JDK, for example "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_17".
3. Rerun the Adobe Configuration Manager C:\Adobe\LiveCycle8.2\configurationManager\bin\ConfigurationManager.bat
It should complete successfully now IF your issue was the wrong JDK like I had.
There are some other posts about issues similar to this using wrong JDK or 64Bit Windows or other.