Vista - Vista RC1 will not load

Here is where I stand with the download process with Vista RC1. I never like
to use freeware as it usually never works right or is so week you have to buy
the full version just to get what you want. So I tried the Free Download
Manager. It worked without a problem. I opened the download manager did a
copy and past of the url for the browser download and it did its thing. Got
interrupted once but I pushed download and it picked right back up. All this
after trying for days to use the “suggested� download program and also unable
to download Vista using explorer. I was getting error messages on Akami from
Vista telling me that I can not install the Active X from Akami. Yes, I
checked every security setting, turned off all firewall and virus programs
and still Beta 2 would not let me use Akami. Trying to use the browser method
I could only get 7mb of the program. SO, Free Download Manager worked for me
Now to the installation problem. Vista RC1 will not load. I get 21% into the
process and it shuts down and tells me that it encountered a problem and can
not continue, click cancel and the computer will be restored to its original
state, WRONG. It took me 3 hours to get my computer to boot up and it still
is not right. I took the chance and tried to load the program again hoping
that it just ran into a glitch the first time and again 21% and it stops.
I am at the point of downloading RC1 again and see if I had a download
problem.
If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Did you check the RC1 image after you downloaded, using,
MD5_Checksum_Values. If the values match then the RC1 image is ok.
steve

"BigD" <BigD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95A83850-95D7-4C6D-A50A-E17D930D04A8@microsoft.com...
> Here is where I stand with the download process with Vista RC1. I never
> like
> to use freeware as it usually never works right or is so week you have to
> buy
> the full version just to get what you want. So I tried the Free Download
> Manager. It worked without a problem. I opened the download manager did a
> copy and past of the url for the browser download and it did its thing.
> Got
> interrupted once but I pushed download and it picked right back up. All
> this
> after trying for days to use the "suggested" download program and also
> unable
> to download Vista using explorer. I was getting error messages on Akami
> from
> Vista telling me that I can not install the Active X from Akami. Yes, I
> checked every security setting, turned off all firewall and virus programs
> and still Beta 2 would not let me use Akami. Trying to use the browser
> method
> I could only get 7mb of the program. SO, Free Download Manager worked for
> me
> Now to the installation problem. Vista RC1 will not load. I get 21% into
> the
> process and it shuts down and tells me that it encountered a problem and
> can
> not continue, click cancel and the computer will be restored to its
> original
> state, WRONG. It took me 3 hours to get my computer to boot up and it
> still
> is not right. I took the chance and tried to load the program again hoping
> that it just ran into a glitch the first time and again 21% and it stops.
> I am at the point of downloading RC1 again and see if I had a download
> problem.
> If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
>