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MVP's in training... a primer (revised)
Yea I know, this is where the zombies will chime in about how stupid we are because we didn't check the HCL, or run the Upgrade Advisor. Whan all other logic fails, they will fall back on "What do you expect?, it's new" or "Vista isn't finished" (<< my personal favorite), "Give it time", "You installed it

Vista upgrade fails
At about 68% of completion phase, I get an error message saying the install failed and that I should run the Upgrade Advisor in order to determine the cause. The Upgrade Advisor certifies that the system can run Vista and reccomends the Business Edition. Any ideas? Thanks, in advance.

The kind of Vista problem MVP's hate to see and can't make ...
rpossert rposs...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Sorry to join the club, but my situation sounds quite familiar. I have run the upgrade advisor and another MS utility and it tells me I am fine... I always get to the last step and after a boot I get the message,

Vista installation fails during first reboot-attempt
Before you install Vista on a machine that you don't know is 100% compatible, you should run Microsoft's free Upgrade Advisor. .... with a Home Premium Upgrade Key that I purchased with my Upgrade Version of Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade. The installation failed and tried to roll back to my previous version of XP.

Can't upgrade from XP Media Center Edition to Vista Home Premium
I also tried to boot from the DVD, but it fails to do so and continues to boot from the hard drive to Windows XP Pro. As a sidenote, the Windows Upgrade Advisor tells me I can run Windows Vista Business with no problem (that was the recommendation, and Ultimate isn't that different), but I haven't even been

E1245 and Vista drivers
example: "So what if your new $500 "Vista Certified" video card has no drivers? We never said it would work right NOW, we meant it MIGHT work LATER." BTW, "Homework" = "Upgrade Advisor", yea, we know it's seriously flawed, but who cares? We get to laugh at & ridicule those stupid enough to have trusted it in the

MVP's in training... a primer (revised)
"Brad Dodson" wrote: I'm trying to install vista on the new computer I just built, and the install always fails after the first reboot. SATA An old DVD/CD-RRW IDE Floppy Drive Vista Upgrade Advisor sees no problems, and the compatibility check only lists issues with the SATA RAID driver (I'm not using RAID).

XP to Vista
If the upgrade still fails it is likely some hardware is not Vista compatible or you still have some software running that is not Vista compatible. 4) Run the latest version of the Upgrade Advisor and note anything it flags. 5) Uninstall (not disable) all antivirus, antispyware, firewall, disk utility,

Trouble: Vista's Setup.exe is not a Valid Win32 Application...
Some history: I ran upgrade advisor: Although it reported that it couldn't find information on my chipset and some of the USB controllers, again. hr: 0x80004004 CMI Callback_CBS_Do_OnlineInstall:Calling startup processing failed 0x80004004 CMI Callback_CMI_ConfigInstall: CBS startup processing re-run failed.

Upgrade failure - advice needed on what to check next...
It will see it on a USB interface but then fails to be able to unmount it sometimes. Again, other people may get different mileage. Well, I got a question, if my MB is "certified" why did the Vista Upgrade Advisor tell me it may have a problem with both my Intel created SATA controller, and also said it didn't

Vista installation fails during first reboot-attempt
Make sure your computer is ready for the edition of Windows Vista you want. Windows Vista Upgrade advisor can help. Learn more here. Causa Through a clerical error, If the patch does not apply to your computer or fails to eliminate the problem, please continue to the instructions below for non-Dell customers.

Installing Vista on top of Vista - and then getting an ...
You may have simply had the rotten luck to be the one running something when a component failed. "Paul Pedersen" <nos...@no.spam> wrote in message news:eCCAUi0eIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.

Ultimate Installation Problems
You need to DISABLE any USB controller from BIOS and/or Device Manager prior to starting the install, if the Vista advisor even hints there "could be" a problem or you think there may be. Did you run the Vista Upgrade Advisor FIRST that you can get from Microsoft's site? It is crude, but at least it gives clues

Vista Install fails, xp lost dvd drives
<Snip> Ian, You should have run the Vista Upgrade Advisor *BEFORE* you attempted to install the Vista OS on the Notebook. Even with a top of the line lap Norton Ghost has no Vista compatible version yet. Nero 7.8 Vista compatible fails. No full backup is included just file backup.(I of course use raid) Colors

Roxio 9 incompatibilidad DLA solución
Does your notebook say "Vista ready? Have you run the Vista upgrade advisor on it? Your system specs look ok, but there is no information on the site how i can upgrade to Vista? setuperr.log *** Content 2008-01-10 20:29:48, Error [0x0808f5] MIG AddDriverFiles: SetupDiBuildDriverInfoList failed[gle=0x00000002]

Vista Install fails, xp lost dvd drives
Colin If you promise not to say anything nice about Vista, confess that it doesn't really run on your system at all, that you just lied about it, they will put you back in the 'ok MVP' Always question their sources and present links to OUR crapola, like the Upgrade Advisor or the Hardware Compatibility List.

Passes Ugrade Advisor, Fails Install
PWF P...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup First of all the upgrade advisor found no issues with my dvd drives, just an nforce network device. I also created a restore point, prior to upgrade and installed all xp critical updates prior. After allowing the Vista Ultimate run,

Roxio 9 incompatibilidad DLA solución
I don't think it's a hardware issue since I've been able to run XP on it and it seems completely stable. Hardware Specs are: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2 GB Crucial IDE Floppy Drive Vista Upgrade Advisor sees no problems, and the compatibility check only lists issues with the SATA RAID driver (I'm not using RAID).

Unable to install vista (unexpected completing installation restar
If not, mark it as "active" and try again to install "Vista". After that, the installation will run nicely. "MichaSchneider" wrote: @ rontron: Do you really thing reducing memory capacity to required minimum would help? PS: Upgrade Advisor said everything was fine; got new drivers, patches, upgrades ...

Unsuccessful Vista installation...
I'm trying to install vista on the new computer I just built, and the install always fails after the first reboot. Digital Caviar 500GB SATA An old DVD/CD-RRW IDE Floppy Drive Vista Upgrade Advisor sees no problems, and the compatibility check only lists issues with the SATA RAID driver (I'm not using RAID).