Vista - Failed installation

I have tried to install Beta 2 from the DVD I received in the mail three
times. It always hangs up on a black screen that has the name of the build in
the right corner but nothing else. What am I doing wrong?

which black screen does it hang? After what process does it hang? What kind
of computer do you have? Specs?

"Felidae" wrote:

> I have tried to install Beta 2 from the DVD I received in the mail three
> times. It always hangs up on a black screen that has the name of the build in
> the right corner but nothing else. What am I doing wrong?

I get the same.

"rich" wrote:

> which black screen does it hang? After what process does it hang? What kind
> of computer do you have? Specs?
>
> "Felidae" wrote:
>
> > I have tried to install Beta 2 from the DVD I received in the mail three
> > times. It always hangs up on a black screen that has the name of the build in
> > the right corner but nothing else. What am I doing wrong?

I have a Dell Optiplex GX260. It has a Pentium 4 processor running at 3.06Ghz
and 512M of RAM. The hard drive is 75G. As for peripherals, I have a cordless
mouse, USB keyboard, USB printer and USB DVD/CD Writer.

Windows Vista hangs on the black screen (after the final install) which says
Windows Vista Beta in the lower right hand corner. I just tried it again
today.

"rich" wrote:

> which black screen does it hang? After what process does it hang? What kind
> of computer do you have? Specs?
>
> "Felidae" wrote:
>
> > I have tried to install Beta 2 from the DVD I received in the mail three
> > times. It always hangs up on a black screen that has the name of the build in
> > the right corner but nothing else. What am I doing wrong?