5308 won t install hags desktop

The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.

This was a complaint about the delay, question how long have you waited to see if it past this sequence of the installation? I left and let it install, if thats not working, I would just reboot into safe mode and try finishing the installation, it has worked for some persons. -- -- 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
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.

how long would it take to get past this stage of the installation and how do you reboot into safe mode if you are dual booting with windows xp? Just boot into windows vista and press f8 at the blank booting screen? Also is it normal in 5308 to not have a windows vista logo when you are booting into installation? "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

This was a complaint about the delay, question how long have you waited to see if it past this sequence of the installation? I left and let it install, if thats not working, I would just reboot into safe mode and try finishing the installation, it has worked for some persons. -- -- 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
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.

Some persons reported a 3 to 4 min delay during the black screen, this is what I have also experienced. I boot into Safe Mode by pressing F8 when its on the Boot Manager, it will boot into Windows Vista and finish the install. This is how I finished the install for Vista x64 build 5342 when it got stuck at Out of Box Experience.
The current builds of Vista 5308 to 5381 do not have a boot screen logo, so what you currently seeing is normal behaviour, I suspect they are working on something new, might see it by beta 2 or later. -- -- 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
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

how long would it take to get past this stage of the installation and how do you reboot into safe mode if you are dual booting with windows xp? Just boot into windows vista and press f8 at the blank booting screen? Also is it normal in 5308 to not have a windows vista logo when you are booting into installation? "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message This was a complaint about the delay, question how long have you waited to see if it past this sequence of the installation? I left and let it install, if thats not working, I would just reboot into safe mode and try finishing the installation, it has worked for some persons. -- -- 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
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.

Windows Vista Builds 5308 CTP, 5342, 5365, and 5381 are NOT Beta 2. They are Interim Builds and are NOT to be considered Official Beta Quality. The Real Beta 2 is NOT due out until Saturday, May 27th, 2006, just FYI.
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.

Technically they are and they are not beta 2, (interims, yes), builds released after 5112 are are on the beta 2 branch, thats why before testers got build 5112, a different build was leaked (5203) July 2005. -- -- 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
"Kevin John Panzke" wrote in message

Windows Vista Builds 5308 CTP, 5342, 5365, and 5381 are NOT Beta 2. They are Interim Builds and are NOT to be considered Official Beta Quality. The Real Beta 2 is NOT due out until Saturday, May 27th, 2006, just FYI.
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.

Just installed 5308 tonight... first install run was kicked off from within XP desktop... it started fine, listed the SATA drive during setup, and proceeded in a fine manner, speed wise, right up until it BSOD'd.
Downloaded the SATA controller drivers, massaged them onto a floppy disk (don't ask...) and booted to the Vista DVD. Wow... SLOW... so slow I hard booted once because I thought the thing had hung. Booted to the DVD again and just walked away. Came back a little later and the install screen was up. No drives listed so pointed it to the floppy, where it found the controller drivers, installed them, again... SLOW... found the drive and the install proceeded on course.
Finally got to the Vista desktop... and it's running fine. Some bugs... Media Center barfs during the setup wizard when I let it test the always on connection.... Windows Mail barfs when trying to download NG's from bellsouth.net. But Aero's pretty cool...
Lang
Dell XPS Gen 2 1 GB RAM 160 GB SATA hard drive ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB SoundBlaster Audigy 2 (Ha! just found a bang in Device mgr for "Multimedia Audio Controller"... maybe that explains why Media Center is barfing...)
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

The instll gets to the part where it says windows vista beta2 5308 in the bottom right but that's all it says the rest of the screen is black and it doesn't do anything else. What am I doing wrong? It just sits there forever. Could it be my ati all in wonder 9000 pro video card? It worked in previous builds why wouldn't it work in 5308? thanks for any help.