System environment: Windows 7 64bit SP1
Software: apache-tomcat-8.0.24,jdk8u51
The first step is to install the JDK. Download the 64-bit JDK and double-click Automatic installation.
The second step is to extract the apache-tomcat-8.0.24 64-bit compression package to the D drive. The following D:\apache-tomcat-8.0.24.
The third step is to set the system environment variables, Jre_home, CLASSPATH, Catalina_home, PATH, Java_home.
Java_home=c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_51
Jre_home=c:\program files\java\jre1.8.0_51
catalina_home=d:\apache-tomcat-8.0.24
Classpath=%catalina_home%\bin
Path=c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_51 (Requires re-checking, you may have previously installed JDK but not 8u51)
Fourth step, double-click the Startup.bat under D:\apache-tomcat-8.0.24\bin.
Fifth step, open cmd, switch directory to D:\apache-tomcat-8.0.24\bin, and execute Service.bat install
Windows 7 Installation apache-tomcat-8.0.24