Re: XP installation failure

Every time I run XP Upgrade Advisor, it stops when it gets to the "Microsoft
DVD Movie Player" system file.
I have deleted DVDplay.exe and all instances of "Movie Player" in the
register, but it still stops.
Any ideas?

"GreenieLeBrun" wrote:

>
> Auburn50 wrote:
> > Galen,
> >
> > Thanks for the info, i went through the procedure and finally disconnected
> > all my external hardware and internal cards that were not required. The only
> > cards i still have on the motherboard is the hard drive controller and the
> > video card and it still hangs up at 34 minutes including the cursor. Is there
> > anyway to remove the current install and start over?
> >
> > "Galen" wrote:
> >
> > > In news:3CCF3EFA-D61A-4B13-9568-E2E7F908FD8F@microsoft.com,
> > > Auburn50 had this to say:
> > >
> > > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> > >
> > > > When trying to install Windows XP Professional it will stop with
> > > > about 34 minutes on the install. When i reboot the computer it will
> > > > ask for the disk and when i cancel that it shows a system setup log
> > > > with the message "setup encountered an error while trying to setup
> > > > system security" and the message "an extended error has occured". Any
> > > > ideas?
> > >
> > > See here:
> > >
> > > Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828267
> > >
> > > --
> > > Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> > > http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/
> > >
> > > "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
> > > its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> Reboot from the CD ,delete the partition then let windows recreate it
> and format the new partition.
>
> How to install or upgrade to Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941
>
> Clean Install Windows XP
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
> You may be able to do a repair install :-
>
> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315341
>
> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
>

Upgrading from what?
Do you have the earlier o/s disk or only a recovery disk?

"Andrew Lovell" <Andrew Lovell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A163CA20-2990-4135-B22E-28DC31FDC4BD@microsoft.com...
> Every time I run XP Upgrade Advisor, it stops when it gets to the
> "Microsoft
> DVD Movie Player" system file.
> I have deleted DVDplay.exe and all instances of "Movie Player" in the
> register, but it still stops.
> Any ideas?
>
> "GreenieLeBrun" wrote:
>
>>
>> Auburn50 wrote:
>> > Galen,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the info, i went through the procedure and finally
>> > disconnected
>> > all my external hardware and internal cards that were not required. The
>> > only
>> > cards i still have on the motherboard is the hard drive controller and
>> > the
>> > video card and it still hangs up at 34 minutes including the cursor. Is
>> > there
>> > anyway to remove the current install and start over?
>> >
>> > "Galen" wrote:
>> >
>> > > In news:3CCF3EFA-D61A-4B13-9568-E2E7F908FD8F@microsoft.com,
>> > > Auburn50 had this to say:
>> > >
>> > > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>> > >
>> > > > When trying to install Windows XP Professional it will stop with
>> > > > about 34 minutes on the install. When i reboot the computer it will
>> > > > ask for the disk and when i cancel that it shows a system setup log
>> > > > with the message "setup encountered an error while trying to setup
>> > > > system security" and the message "an extended error has occured".
>> > > > Any
>> > > > ideas?
>> > >
>> > > See here:
>> > >
>> > > Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining
>> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;828267
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> > > http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/
>> > >
>> > > "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
>> > > its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>> Reboot from the CD ,delete the partition then let windows recreate it
>> and format the new partition.
>>
>> How to install or upgrade to Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941
>>
>> Clean Install Windows XP
>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>>
>> You may be able to do a repair install :-
>>
>> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315341
>>
>> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>>
>>