vista's terrible installation

[Guest]

first of all its not an error with the dvd as i had one mailed to me from
microsoft and i still get the same effects as with the iso's i downloaded and
burned. also installing it with an iso from xp is not an option. it boots
from the cd just fine but there seems to be some error with the display.
somtimes i cant even see whats on the list where you choose language and
keyboard layout. sometimes you also cant see the the font on the next button.
on really bad occasions i cant even click the next button. but when i am able
to it goes to the install now menu which sometimes also has some display
errors. and everytime i click install now it either does nothing or it gives
me an error that i cant read due to more display errors. if i click the box
given it takes me back to the previous screen. clicking install now again
leads to the same result though alot of times the shape of the error box
changes. it even changes positions on screen sometimes (note the background
displays just fine it seems to be a problem with just the windows). very
rarely im able to read the error which says "The file Wdsutil.dll could not
be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannot continue. error code is [126]" any
ideas?

 

[Guest]

Well, since most of the issues you are experiencing have something to do with
looking at something, perhaps the problem is with your graphics card.

 

[Tom Scales]

You actually read his post? I took one look and ignored it.

Paragraphs, folks, paragraphs.

Well, since most of the issues you are experiencing have something to do
with
looking at something, perhaps the problem is with your graphics card.

first of all its not an error with the dvd as i had one mailed to me from
microsoft and i still get the same effects as with the iso's i downloaded
and
burned. also installing it with an iso from xp is not an option. it boots
from the cd just fine but there seems to be some error with the display.
somtimes i cant even see whats on the list where you choose language and
keyboard layout. sometimes you also cant see the the font on the next
button.
on really bad occasions i cant even click the next button. but when i am
able
to it goes to the install now menu which sometimes also has some display
errors. and everytime i click install now it either does nothing or it
gives
me an error that i cant read due to more display errors. if i click the
box
given it takes me back to the previous screen. clicking install now again
leads to the same result though alot of times the shape of the error box
changes. it even changes positions on screen sometimes (note the
background
displays just fine it seems to be a problem with just the windows). very
rarely im able to read the error which says "The file Wdsutil.dll could
not
be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannot continue. error code is [126]" any
ideas?

 

[Guest]

I had the same error message. This went away when I installed adequate
memory. I was using 256MB, Vista quoted as needing 512 minimum. I added 512MB.
Installation then proceeded untill it reached the stage where I had to
choose a disk: none shown. I then had to scrabble around to find ide drivers,
that's the first Windows install that I have ever had to do that with!
Vista install is copying files right now; I wait with baited breath!