The answer seems to be remove all usb/wireless devices. After hooking mouse
and keyboard directly to the computer the upgrade succeded. A problem with
blue screen upon rebooting was solved by booting linux and removing the
offending sys file (daemon tools) from windows/system32/drivers.
"The Primate" <thomsonr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> First time on upgrade everything went well until the end, then
> "Windows could not configure one or more system components. To install
> Windows, restart the computer and then restart the installation."
> Subsequent times after this froze on "Installing update", mouse was
> frozen.
>
> Running windows vista advisor 1.0 tells me my Nvidia 8800 GT will not
> work with Vista. Now thats pretty strange, it worked fine with home
> premium before the upgrade not to mention it is a fairly recent card
> with upgraded drivers.
>
> Before I try again, I have read about some problems with Sata but had
> no problems previous. Just to be sure I opened my case and noticed my
> drive was attached to Sata3, moved it to Sata 1. Also removed and ide
> backdrive. Also I'll probably remove all usb external devices except
> keyboard and remove the side of my computer case just in case
> overheating was an issue.
>
> Any ideas?
> Is there a log file somewhere that might tell me what went wrong?
>
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