Hi Martin,
You may simply need to wait longer. If the dots are flashing, then it is
still doing something. The last stage of Vista setup involves a rather
lengthy performance assessment, and this appears as if the system is doing
nothing.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"martin" <martin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I try to install Vista it all works fine until the last step when the
> computer reboots and then the installation screen says "Finishing
> Configuration", the hard disk stops spinning and the DVD too, I get no
> error
> messages and the "Finishing Configuration" seems to be working with its
> three
> black dots flashing. In the end I have to switch off the computer manually
> as
> nothing happens after twenty minutes of the screen staying still.
>
> Any clue how do I solve this?