Vista - A few vista issues

I have a few questions about vista. I heard that nvidia cut support for the
nforce2 motherboards, but quite a few users actually got vista to install
just fine on that board. Unfortunately I have not been able to. I get right
to the part of the setup after vista is copying files and it gets to the boot
loading screan with that thingie that moves back and forth. The little boot
thingie moves about 2 steps to the right and then everything goes all black
and freezes up. So I never actually get to the windows setup. I have tried
running the setup as an upgrade to xp, I have tried it booting from the
dvd(installs fine on other systems so the media is ok), I have tried it as a
customized install and it always freezes up at the same spot. Anyone know
what could be causing this? My board is a Abit A7N nforce2.

My next issue is work related, while trying to get sysprep working in vista
I always get the same error. My master machine is a dell gx620 and I will
being using that same image on alot of other dells including laptops. It
seems to always either errors out or just freezes up. The image seems to load
fine on identical hardware but on any other system it fails. Anyone else got
this issue?

Also partially related to sysprep, I did go back and check my image and I
found one minor issue with my unttend.xml file. For some reason it does not
pass the install key to the OS. If I load the image on identical hardware and
it works I cant activate. It gives the same error as if I had not entered a
cd key. I know that is the issue with that because as soon as I enter the
right key it activates fine.

Lastly I wanted to know if there was a way with imagex to split the image
down to 2gb? The biggest files I could put on dvd are 2 gb files for some
reason. I was trying to make a custom setup file once I work out all the
sysprep bugs. Sorry for all the questions, it is just that hardly anyone can
help me with this because vista is so new.

I have installed, and run, every version of Vista since beta 1 on my Asus
A7N8X2.0 Deluxe (nForce2) M/B.

In each, and every, instance I have performed a clean install that has
included deleting the existing partition, creating a new partition and then
formatting said partition. I have never experienced any problems during the
install.

Vista runs fine here. Remember though that Nvidia has ceased all updates for
this class board.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Emory Tech" <Emory Tech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1550857A-0C8C-4EA0-8FC4-0B7B364025FA@microsoft.com...
>I have a few questions about vista. I heard that nvidia cut support for the
> nforce2 motherboards, but quite a few users actually got vista to install
> just fine on that board. Unfortunately I have not been able to. I get
> right
> to the part of the setup after vista is copying files and it gets to the
> boot
> loading screan with that thingie that moves back and forth. The little
> boot
> thingie moves about 2 steps to the right and then everything goes all
> black
> and freezes up. So I never actually get to the windows setup. I have tried
> running the setup as an upgrade to xp, I have tried it booting from the
> dvd(installs fine on other systems so the media is ok), I have tried it as
> a
> customized install and it always freezes up at the same spot. Anyone know
> what could be causing this? My board is a Abit A7N nforce2.
>
> My next issue is work related, while trying to get sysprep working in
> vista
> I always get the same error. My master machine is a dell gx620 and I will
> being using that same image on alot of other dells including laptops. It
> seems to always either errors out or just freezes up. The image seems to
> load
> fine on identical hardware but on any other system it fails. Anyone else
> got
> this issue?
>
> Also partially related to sysprep, I did go back and check my image and I
> found one minor issue with my unttend.xml file. For some reason it does
> not
> pass the install key to the OS. If I load the image on identical hardware
> and
> it works I cant activate. It gives the same error as if I had not entered
> a
> cd key. I know that is the issue with that because as soon as I enter the
> right key it activates fine.
>
> Lastly I wanted to know if there was a way with imagex to split the image
> down to 2gb? The biggest files I could put on dvd are 2 gb files for some
> reason. I was trying to make a custom setup file once I work out all the
> sysprep bugs. Sorry for all the questions, it is just that hardly anyone
> can
> help me with this because vista is so new.

Well see the thing is I never even get the option to format or repartition
the drive, the screen goes black before that. If I have used 3rd party
partitioning software and tried the install, still got the same results.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> I have installed, and run, every version of Vista since beta 1 on my Asus
> A7N8X2.0 Deluxe (nForce2) M/B.
>
> In each, and every, instance I have performed a clean install that has
> included deleting the existing partition, creating a new partition and then
> formatting said partition. I have never experienced any problems during the
> install.
>
> Vista runs fine here. Remember though that Nvidia has ceased all updates for
> this class board.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "Emory Tech" <Emory Tech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1550857A-0C8C-4EA0-8FC4-0B7B364025FA@microsoft.com...
> >I have a few questions about vista. I heard that nvidia cut support for the
> > nforce2 motherboards, but quite a few users actually got vista to install
> > just fine on that board. Unfortunately I have not been able to. I get
> > right
> > to the part of the setup after vista is copying files and it gets to the
> > boot
> > loading screan with that thingie that moves back and forth. The little
> > boot
> > thingie moves about 2 steps to the right and then everything goes all
> > black
> > and freezes up. So I never actually get to the windows setup. I have tried
> > running the setup as an upgrade to xp, I have tried it booting from the
> > dvd(installs fine on other systems so the media is ok), I have tried it as
> > a
> > customized install and it always freezes up at the same spot. Anyone know
> > what could be causing this? My board is a Abit A7N nforce2.
> >
> > My next issue is work related, while trying to get sysprep working in
> > vista
> > I always get the same error. My master machine is a dell gx620 and I will
> > being using that same image on alot of other dells including laptops. It
> > seems to always either errors out or just freezes up. The image seems to
> > load
> > fine on identical hardware but on any other system it fails. Anyone else
> > got
> > this issue?
> >
> > Also partially related to sysprep, I did go back and check my image and I
> > found one minor issue with my unttend.xml file. For some reason it does
> > not
> > pass the install key to the OS. If I load the image on identical hardware
> > and
> > it works I cant activate. It gives the same error as if I had not entered
> > a
> > cd key. I know that is the issue with that because as soon as I enter the
> > right key it activates fine.
> >
> > Lastly I wanted to know if there was a way with imagex to split the image
> > down to 2gb? The biggest files I could put on dvd are 2 gb files for some
> > reason. I was trying to make a custom setup file once I work out all the
> > sysprep bugs. Sorry for all the questions, it is just that hardly anyone
> > can
> > help me with this because vista is so new.
>
>

Please note that I said I am using a version 2 M/B. What version is yours?

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Emory Tech" <EmoryTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:277CBB5A-E942-4B76-A6FC-A6A9EAED3B66@microsoft.com...
> Well see the thing is I never even get the option to format or repartition
> the drive, the screen goes black before that. If I have used 3rd party
> partitioning software and tried the install, still got the same results.
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> I have installed, and run, every version of Vista since beta 1 on my Asus
>> A7N8X2.0 Deluxe (nForce2) M/B.
>>
>> In each, and every, instance I have performed a clean install that has
>> included deleting the existing partition, creating a new partition and
>> then
>> formatting said partition. I have never experienced any problems during
>> the
>> install.
>>
>> Vista runs fine here. Remember though that Nvidia has ceased all updates
>> for
>> this class board.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>>
>> "Emory Tech" <Emory Tech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1550857A-0C8C-4EA0-8FC4-0B7B364025FA@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a few questions about vista. I heard that nvidia cut support for
>> >the
>> > nforce2 motherboards, but quite a few users actually got vista to
>> > install
>> > just fine on that board. Unfortunately I have not been able to. I get
>> > right
>> > to the part of the setup after vista is copying files and it gets to
>> > the
>> > boot
>> > loading screan with that thingie that moves back and forth. The little
>> > boot
>> > thingie moves about 2 steps to the right and then everything goes all
>> > black
>> > and freezes up. So I never actually get to the windows setup. I have
>> > tried
>> > running the setup as an upgrade to xp, I have tried it booting from the
>> > dvd(installs fine on other systems so the media is ok), I have tried it
>> > as
>> > a
>> > customized install and it always freezes up at the same spot. Anyone
>> > know
>> > what could be causing this? My board is a Abit A7N nforce2.
>> >
>> > My next issue is work related, while trying to get sysprep working in
>> > vista
>> > I always get the same error. My master machine is a dell gx620 and I
>> > will
>> > being using that same image on alot of other dells including laptops.
>> > It
>> > seems to always either errors out or just freezes up. The image seems
>> > to
>> > load
>> > fine on identical hardware but on any other system it fails. Anyone
>> > else
>> > got
>> > this issue?
>> >
>> > Also partially related to sysprep, I did go back and check my image and
>> > I
>> > found one minor issue with my unttend.xml file. For some reason it does
>> > not
>> > pass the install key to the OS. If I load the image on identical
>> > hardware
>> > and
>> > it works I cant activate. It gives the same error as if I had not
>> > entered
>> > a
>> > cd key. I know that is the issue with that because as soon as I enter
>> > the
>> > right key it activates fine.
>> >
>> > Lastly I wanted to know if there was a way with imagex to split the
>> > image
>> > down to 2gb? The biggest files I could put on dvd are 2 gb files for
>> > some
>> > reason. I was trying to make a custom setup file once I work out all
>> > the
>> > sysprep bugs. Sorry for all the questions, it is just that hardly
>> > anyone
>> > can
>> > help me with this because vista is so new.
>>
>>

I have the first version of the board. I am starting to wonder if there some
setting in the bios that I am missing on this. I just wish I could get some
kind of error on this to know what is happening. Also I think I forgot to
mention I also get the same freeze up black out when I use a Windows Vista PE
disk as well.
"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Please note that I said I am using a version 2 M/B. What version is yours?
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "Emory Tech" <EmoryTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:277CBB5A-E942-4B76-A6FC-A6A9EAED3B66@microsoft.com...
> > Well see the thing is I never even get the option to format or repartition
> > the drive, the screen goes black before that. If I have used 3rd party
> > partitioning software and tried the install, still got the same results.
> >
> > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> >
> >> I have installed, and run, every version of Vista since beta 1 on my Asus
> >> A7N8X2.0 Deluxe (nForce2) M/B.
> >>
> >> In each, and every, instance I have performed a clean install that has
> >> included deleting the existing partition, creating a new partition and
> >> then
> >> formatting said partition. I have never experienced any problems during
> >> the
> >> install.
> >>
> >> Vista runs fine here. Remember though that Nvidia has ceased all updates
> >> for
> >> this class board.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Richard Urban
> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> >>
> >> Quote from George Ankner:
> >> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> >> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Emory Tech" <Emory Tech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1550857A-0C8C-4EA0-8FC4-0B7B364025FA@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a few questions about vista. I heard that nvidia cut support for
> >> >the
> >> > nforce2 motherboards, but quite a few users actually got vista to
> >> > install
> >> > just fine on that board. Unfortunately I have not been able to. I get
> >> > right
> >> > to the part of the setup after vista is copying files and it gets to
> >> > the
> >> > boot
> >> > loading screan with that thingie that moves back and forth. The little
> >> > boot
> >> > thingie moves about 2 steps to the right and then everything goes all
> >> > black
> >> > and freezes up. So I never actually get to the windows setup. I have
> >> > tried
> >> > running the setup as an upgrade to xp, I have tried it booting from the
> >> > dvd(installs fine on other systems so the media is ok), I have tried it
> >> > as
> >> > a
> >> > customized install and it always freezes up at the same spot. Anyone
> >> > know
> >> > what could be causing this? My board is a Abit A7N nforce2.
> >> >
> >> > My next issue is work related, while trying to get sysprep working in
> >> > vista
> >> > I always get the same error. My master machine is a dell gx620 and I
> >> > will
> >> > being using that same image on alot of other dells including laptops.
> >> > It
> >> > seems to always either errors out or just freezes up. The image seems
> >> > to
> >> > load
> >> > fine on identical hardware but on any other system it fails. Anyone
> >> > else
> >> > got
> >> > this issue?
> >> >
> >> > Also partially related to sysprep, I did go back and check my image and
> >> > I
> >> > found one minor issue with my unttend.xml file. For some reason it does
> >> > not
> >> > pass the install key to the OS. If I load the image on identical
> >> > hardware
> >> > and
> >> > it works I cant activate. It gives the same error as if I had not
> >> > entered
> >> > a
> >> > cd key. I know that is the issue with that because as soon as I enter
> >> > the
> >> > right key it activates fine.
> >> >
> >> > Lastly I wanted to know if there was a way with imagex to split the
> >> > image
> >> > down to 2gb? The biggest files I could put on dvd are 2 gb files for
> >> > some
> >> > reason. I was trying to make a custom setup file once I work out all
> >> > the
> >> > sysprep bugs. Sorry for all the questions, it is just that hardly
> >> > anyone
> >> > can
> >> > help me with this because vista is so new.
> >>
> >>
>
>