AJR

Just a thought - are you, or have you tried, installing within XP?


"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" <cpdaniel_remove_this_and_nospam@mvps.org.nospam>
wrote in message news:OlxsZYTbGHA.4248@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:
>> I notice that the product key used can also cause failure, if you have
>> access to another product key try that. As Peter mentioned, it could
>> be a hardware issue, if you have external devices such as USB
>> Printers, scanners or external drives connected, remove them and
>> reattempt the setup. --
>
> It fails before getting anywhere near the point that I can enter a product
> key. There's no hardware connected other than what I listed in the
> original post.
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> -cd
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