Vista - Trouble installing vista upgrade

I am installing Vista over xp2 The system stops installation with error
0x80ff0000 the error message reads " Windows could not set the offline
locale information
Errorcode 0x80FF0000


Any help would be appreciated
Tony Cooper.

"Tony Cooper" <tcmower@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>I am installing Vista over xp2 The system stops installation with error
> 0x80ff0000 the error message reads " Windows could not set the offline
> locale information
> Errorcode 0x80FF0000
>
>


Don't install over XPSP2, do a clean install.

I agree with Sinner.

Doing a clean install can in many ways help. Upgrading windows xp to vista leaves lots of old files that clogged down your xp in your system which inturn can cause malfunctions or clogs down your vista installation right off that bat. I would recommend starting off fresh with a clean installation.

If you having installation programs, consider doing a 'Flat installation' which is where you copy all the dvd's files to your hard drive and run setup.exe from your hard drive within Windows XP SP2. Then choose custom install and select your c:\

I would also recommend backing up your data before upgrading/clean installing if you haven't already done so. Good luck to you!

been having this problem my self today i backed everything up formated
the drive and tried to install vista for it still to give me the same
msg so i finnaly formated again deleted the partition on the drive made
a new partition on the same drive and it installed sweet as with no
problems


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jbh
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