Win32 Error on install

Win32 Error on install

• Grufle

  Most probably you are running setup.exe from x86 OS (I received the same error when I run setup.exe of x64 XP on a x86 XP).
  
  On booting from the DVD, did you burn the DVD yourself Can you check if you have boot priority set to DVD as 1st priority
  
  I suggest that you try reburning the DVD from the ISO image on a different media and try rebooting from DVD directly.
  
  

• SteveKirchner

  I was going to install Vista MSDN Sept. 2005 i dont know which verison it is but is it something thats a good workable verison
  
  I have a all-in-wonder ati which i use to watch tv on....i need that to work is it gonna be workable
  

• WhidbeyDotnet

  I have an ATI Raedon X300SE. Vista build 5112 identifies it as an X700.

  Any ideas about how to override the identification routine The driver works well but crashes regularly, which is what I'd expect as the X700 has more memory than the X300.

  I have tried uninstalling, deleting the device and so on. Before I dive into the registry, I thought I'd see if anyone had an answer.

  
  
  

• traci8891

  You could try looking for a blog/person/forum through:
  http://www.longhornblogs.com/
  
  Or maybe the Vista forum here:
  http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php
  
  I don't think MS has a user forum or newsgroup for Vista, just developer resources.
  
  Hope this helps,
  Josh Lindenmuth
  
  

• Sidhartha

  There doesn't seem to be a specific forum about Vista beta versions. Where should one submit questions to
  There is a thread about the "PDC goods" that specifies that Vista doesn't accept the key supplied:
  http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=89991

  
  

• Samuel_Schoenberg

  Hi,
  
  I recently installed Vista beta 1, along with Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 and the WinFX sdk. I had numerous problems with Vista, which I haven't found solutions for yet. I hope you guys can help.
  
  1) I cannot get the network to work properly. The main problem is that I cannot enter my company's network domain. The first time I installed Vista and I entered my network properties, the system refused to reboot, and it showed a corrupted screen, after which it kept on rebooting. The Vista setup offers some tool to check what went wrong in the startup. The setup detected the problem, but couldn't give additional information on the problem. I stripped my PC until there was nothing left but the bare necessities, and it booted. Still, there was no way I could enter the company's domain.
  The network card operates fine, since I can browse the internet and all. Also, I have tried two decent network cards. Anyone experienced the same problems
  
  2) Performance is bad, really bad. I'm testing on my old PC, which isn't fast, but not THAT slow. It's a P4, 1.8Ghz, 1GB RAM, Geforce 6800 Ultra. It can take up to 30 seconds just to open 'my computer'. There are regular lockups, which are solved after about a minute. I've already disabled the onboard sound card in my bios, which it couldn't recognize. I've also set the desktop theme to 'classic'. This helped a little, but it is still extremely slow. My graphics card should easily be able to handle such simple graphics tasks. Which gets me to my next problem:
  
  3) I can't get the NVidia geforce 6800 alpha drivers installed. It simply says I don't have any such hardware.
  
  4) Obviously I regularly checked the task manager to see what's eating my processor. The performance window shows a constant 100% CPU power. The processes all show zero percent activity. I've read about this before, and it seems there is not solution to this problem yet
  
  Well, this is the most important stuff, I hope someone has some tips, especially on performance issues.
   
  Thanks in advance,
  Jelle van der Beek
  

• ctony

  You need to format the partition with NTFS with XP's installer.  Vista's format is not working well right now.
  

• coffeemkr

  I have this exact same issue. Tried 2 different burns, verified the burn, tried mounting iso with Daemon instead of booting with DVD. No luck. Get the BSOD when the image is mounted and I get the "An error occurred while setting the image info" when attempting to boot with DVD.
  
  I'm trying to install Vista to a dedicated Pata drive. I have a Sata drive and I've also tried disabling that before booting from DVD. Any ideas
  
  

• KiwiStew

  Many people have reported a problem attempting to install both the Beta 1 and the PDC builds from a physical DVD burned from the ISO image (X86) directly to separate partition (no Virtual PC). This problem occurs when the DVD is booted to perform the installation (not when installed from Windows XP). Immediately after the product key is entered, and accepted, the error "An error occurred while setting the image info" occurs, in a message box captioned "Window's Setup". Does anyone know what is causing this error, and how to work around it

  
  

• Spencer Harbar

  Sorry, but these forums are for Windows Vista development, not product support. Check out the Windows Vista Developer Support FAQ and click on "How do I get support for WinFX and Windows Vista "
  
  
  

• Marble

  That's just how I arrived at the forums . The link there points to the page where you can either enter the forums or the newsgroups. I missed out on the part that product support is only for newsgroups.
  
  

• Arnie Rowland

  Maybe you might want to try booting through a WinME boot disk with CD Rom support and running setup.exe of the Vista CD from there
  
  

• TCHager

  Vista issue can be posted in http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/newsgroups/default.mspx dg=microsoft.public.longhornhelp&lang=en&cr=US&r=7ba53b32-5996-4d35-a3df-bb6ecc143dc1
  
  

• Mustafa Al-Kaouri

  Thnx for reply.

  I didnt burn the CD myself, it is the one that came with this months release of Technet. I figured that it probably wouldnt work right on a x86 OS, but wondered if there was any way around it.

  The DVD rom drive is indeed set as the 1st boot device, and it tries to scan the disc from boot, but then falls back to other boot devices.

  
  
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