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Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

If you installed from any drive emulation software such as Daemon Tools, its the possible cause, try disabling that first and retry. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"GHJN14" wrote in message

Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I D/L, burned the ISO. NEVER got the Product Key! Fiasco!
"GHJN14" wrote:

Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

Uninstall Windows Defender and try install again Ray
"GHJN14" wrote in message

Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I've got the same problem. I burned the iso to dvd. (downloadmanager confirms complete download) Nero says there seems to be a problem with the block size, but does the burning nevertheless after I click "Ignore". The computer starts up with the dvd but after I type the product key in and press next it says it can't open the winodws image file.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

If you installed from any drive emulation software such as Daemon Tools, its the possible cause, try disabling that first and retry. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"GHJN14" wrote in message Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I have the same symptoms that Michael gets .. after I enter the product key and press next it says it cannot open the windows image file. I created the dvd using Roxio, not Nero and did not get the block size error that Michael got. I am installing (or trying to install) Vista on to a clean Maxtor 100 GB drive, booting from the DVD. The primary drive is a Maxtor 120 running XP Pro.
I also thought that maybe I had a bad download copy, so I have downloaded it 3 times. Each time the final file comes out to just over 2 GB when the initial download says it will be over 3 GB. How big are your files? (English, 32 bit).
Additionally, I tried to use the download manager and it errors at the beginning saying it cannot handle a file of that size. I ended up just doing a straight download (for over 4 hrs on DSL)
Any insight here?
"Michael" wrote:

I've got the same problem. I burned the iso to dvd. (downloadmanager confirms complete download) Nero says there seems to be a problem with the block size, but does the burning nevertheless after I click "Ignore". The computer starts up with the dvd but after I type the product key in and press next it says it can't open the winodws image file.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
If you installed from any drive emulation software such as Daemon Tools, its the possible cause, try disabling that first and retry. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"GHJN14" wrote in message Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

"GHJN14" wrote:

Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

"GHJN14" wrote:

Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I'm seeing the same thing. Is there anything else I can try? I'm booting the DVD and plan to install to a new, empty drive. So I have no Windows Defender or anything like that running. I get no error, I just type the key, press enter, I see the read light on my DVD drive flash, and then the Vista installer just sits there. The mouse pointer can still move, but everything else is hung at this point.

"GHJN14" wrote:

Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

I'm seeing the same thing. Is there anything else I can try? I'm booting the DVD and plan to install to a new, empty drive. So I have no Windows Defender or anything like that running. I get no error, I just type the key, press enter, I see the read light on my DVD drive flash, and then the Vista installer just sits there. The mouse pointer can still move, but everything else is hung at this point.

I have this problem too... I am using a DVD ordered directly from Microsoft so that likely rules out issues with ISO or daemon and all that. No matter what I tried, it still locks up right after I enter the Product Key. This includes: Install from XP SP 2 Install from XP SP 2 in safe mode Enable/disable search for updates Enable/disable Activation during the Install
I beta tested Windows XP and the installation experience I had was smooth sailing. Usually Microsoft betas are more robust but lately (e.g., WMP 11) the installation routine itself appears to have issues more akin to an alpha release. If we can't get it on our systems no matter how great the OS is it doesn't do us any good... Microsoft, please help!
Cuauhtemoc Chamorro "Chris Meadors" wrote:

"GHJN14" wrote:
Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?
I'm seeing the same thing. Is there anything else I can try? I'm booting the DVD and plan to install to a new, empty drive. So I have no Windows Defender or anything like that running. I get no error, I just type the key, press enter, I see the read light on my DVD drive flash, and then the Vista installer just sits there. The mouse pointer can still move, but everything else is hung at this point.

On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 20:16 -0700, tomcxp wrote:

I have this problem too... I am using a DVD ordered directly from Microsoft so that likely rules out issues with ISO or daemon and all that. No matter what I tried, it still locks up right after I enter the Product Key. This includes: Install from XP SP 2 Install from XP SP 2 in safe mode Enable/disable search for updates Enable/disable Activation during the Install
I beta tested Windows XP and the installation experience I had was smooth sailing. Usually Microsoft betas are more robust but lately (e.g., WMP 11) the installation routine itself appears to have issues more akin to an alpha release. If we can't get it on our systems no matter how great the OS is it doesn't do us any good... Microsoft, please help!

I actually beta tested 95, 98, ME, and XP. Other than the usual little hiccups those went fine. Now, Vista has been completely different story. The only machine I got a clean install with was an under-the-min-specs laptop. But in the end is ran so slow I didn't use it much. I was able to get another machine to install by putting XP on it first, and then running the Vista installer from there. But I can't seem to get Vista to put its boot loader on the drive with Vista so I have to keep the XP drive in the machine too.
As for this problem, I downloaded and burned another copy of the disc and I got past the key screen, but it stopped me again on the install drive selection screen. It lists the drive to which I want to install, I can partition and format the drive from there, but when I go to install it informs me that Vista can't find a suitable drive.
I've given up with this beta release. I guess there is one more planned, an RC. Maybe I'll give it another shot then, but for the most part I've moved on from Windows, so knowing Vista well before the release isn't as important to me as it would have been in the past.

Hello everybody! I thought I'd share that I found a work around for this issue! Please note, YMMV but this is what worked for me.
Cause: Even though the install appears to hang on the Activation, I believe this issue is actually being caused by Setup's attempt to scan all hardware devices to report back which are unsupported in case the user wants to proceed with the install. In my case I believe the incompatible hardware is an Intel integrated 82845 video.
Configuration: Hardrives: two hard drives, C drive with Win XP SP 2, and D drive also with Win XP SP 2 (trust me I tried this with D empty it I got the activation freeze issue). Vista will be installed to D. Video: I installed a newer video card in the PC (128MB 3D Fuzion GeForce 6200, Newegg for ~$30). Displays: Dual display setup with both monitors attached to the GeForce card.
Steps: 1. Configure as described above 2. Boot into XP SP 2 on the D Drive 3. Disable the non-compatible device(s) in your BIOS or Device Manager in Windows XP if not supported in your BIOS 4. Reboot the D Drive and verify devices still disabled 5. Launch Vista installation for Windows XP
Vista Setup Be sure to install Vista to the D drive so that you can still dual boot. Now, if that works for you be warned that it appears to me the beta nVidia drives are not optimized for Vista yet so the Aero UI nearly brings the OS to a halt. By disabling desktop compositing you'll see dramatically improved performance.
Good luck all!
Cuauhtemoc
"tomcxp" wrote:

I have this problem too... I am using a DVD ordered directly from Microsoft so that likely rules out issues with ISO or daemon and all that. No matter what I tried, it still locks up right after I enter the Product Key. This includes: Install from XP SP 2 Install from XP SP 2 in safe mode Enable/disable search for updates Enable/disable Activation during the Install
I beta tested Windows XP and the installation experience I had was smooth sailing. Usually Microsoft betas are more robust but lately (e.g., WMP 11) the installation routine itself appears to have issues more akin to an alpha release. If we can't get it on our systems no matter how great the OS is it doesn't do us any good... Microsoft, please help!
Cuauhtemoc Chamorro "Chris Meadors" wrote:
"GHJN14" wrote:
Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?
I'm seeing the same thing. Is there anything else I can try? I'm booting the DVD and plan to install to a new, empty drive. So I have no Windows Defender or anything like that running. I get no error, I just type the key, press enter, I see the read light on my DVD drive flash, and then the Vista installer just sits there. The mouse pointer can still move, but everything else is hung at this point.

"Razbarry" wrote:

I have tried installing Vista 3 times now. Each time I have tried a different DVD (disc) type. Every install attempt when it gets to the last stage "Finishing install" I think thats what its called, it just sits there for hours and does nothing. I end up aborting the install at it restores XP. Also, to even get to that point in the install, it takes 2-3 hours, is that normal? My System: AMD 64X2 4800, 2 gb ram, 250gb wd hdd, 7800 geforce....
"GHJN14" wrote:
Well I'm installing Vista on computer but it freezes right after you enter the product key. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?