"Sue Smith" <SueSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have been trying to upgrade XP Professional to Vista on a Dell Inspiron
> 5150, bu the installation eventually fails after installing all the files
> with an error "Windows could not update registry data in the
> installation".
>
> The "Upgrade Adviser" found an issue with older driver for wireless
> network
> card, but I installed newer version, and that is now fine.
>
> I have also tried a 'clean' install, rather than an upgrade, and get the
> same error - which would suggest it is a hardware/disk/file problem rather
> than some existing drivers/apps on the machine.
>
> The ISO DVD is fine and I have verified the Sha checksum.
It might be a security program blocking the Registry changes it needs to
make. A few of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.
In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 and Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.
Boot into Safe Mode with Networking with Networking and try the upgrade.
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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