Hi,
First, uninstall any Nvidia drivers and revert to standard VGA before
attempting the upgrade. If you have any antivirus software installed,
uninstall it as well (not just disable, uninstall).
> Also I noticed that the WUA reported that I only had 3GB of memory where
> as
> when I run the MSI WMIinfo utility (it displays info about the entire
> system)
> it reports that I have four 1GB memory modules.
Normal for 32-bit Vista, as some of the memory addresses are reserved by the
system. Vista will show the remainder (normally between 2.8 and 3.2GB
depending on the system).
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"JGT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> About a month ago I built a new system (MB MSI P6N-SLT, video MSI NX8500GT
> TD256E, HD SAMSUNG HD501LJ, Memory 4GB) and installed WinXP and all the
> updates. Since then other than the MIS updates I've not installed any
> software or hardware. Just tonight I attempted Vista using my Windows
> ANytime
> Upgrade. All went OK until the last phase, at 38% it jumped to 58%,
> rebooted
> and at that point it was in a reboot loop. I tried all the safe options
> and
> all but the "safe" would result in a auto-reboot. The "safe" mode booted
> but
> then gave me a message that the upgrade could not continue in safe mode.
> At
> the next reboot I selected the option to roll bact to XP.
>
> Before attempting the upgrade to Vista, I downloaded XP updates and
> installed, I then checked for more updates, there was none. I then ran the
> Windows Upgrade Advisory following are the reported issues.
>
> After installing Windows Vista, we recommend upgrading your video card.
> Your current video card will not support the Windows Aero™ user
> experience.
> Contact your computer manufacturer or retailer to see if an upgrade is
> available. Click here for a list of video cards that support Windows Aero.
>
> Windows Messenger This program might have minor compatibility issues after
> upgrading to Windows Vista. For more information, go to the vendor's
> website.
>
> Also I noticed that the WUA reported that I only had 3GB of memory where
> as
> when I run the MSI WMIinfo utility (it displays info about the entire
> system)
> it reports that I have four 1GB memory modules.
>
> I have no other software installed because I wanted to upgrade before
> installing all of my software applications.
>
> Suggestions woud be appreciate.
>
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