Sue Smith

Nope. Same problem.

Clean install from Safe mode, although a *lot* quicker, still comes up with:

"Windows could not update the registry data in the installation".

I don't understand this, since a clean install should be able to write to
its own registry!

Any other ideas???

thx.


"Sue Smith" wrote:

> 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.
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> cheers.
>
>
>
> Sue
>
>