G
Graham
I was going through the install process, and everything seemed to be going
smoothly.
Eventually I got to the part where you add your username. This I did, and I
also added a password - because this is recommended - plus my help phrase.
I went through the various options until I got to the screen where Vista is
checking your computers performance.
The progress bar got to about a 1/4 of the way through when everything
froze. I waited for a while just in case it was doing something in the
background. However there was no disk activity at all, and after about
fifteen minutes I rebooted the computer.
It went to the add a user screen, but would not allow me to use the name I
had tried before, so I typed in a different name and the computer booted up,
but this time without going to the checking computer performance screen. The
desktop came up and I was in.
The username that I had originally entered was there, so I logged in under
that name.
But I did not have the Aero interface, probably due to the fact that the
computer had not seen my graphics card before it froze. It was no big
problem, and I had my system looking good within a couple of minutes.
But there were other things that were not quite right. When opening an
explorer window none of the links were showing on the left-hand side.
I deleted the second user name, and then re-booted the computer.
Everything seemed to be ok and then I began installing some software. But
another problem occurred. The computer was trying to install it under the
user that I had deleted!
At this point I decided to start again with another clean install. Guess
what? Exactly the same thing happened.
I tried a third time - only this time I did not supply a password for my
username. Success!
Everything went smoothly.
I have sent this feedback to Microsoft, but was curious as to whether or not
anyone else had a similar issue?
Thanks,
Graham.
smoothly.
Eventually I got to the part where you add your username. This I did, and I
also added a password - because this is recommended - plus my help phrase.
I went through the various options until I got to the screen where Vista is
checking your computers performance.
The progress bar got to about a 1/4 of the way through when everything
froze. I waited for a while just in case it was doing something in the
background. However there was no disk activity at all, and after about
fifteen minutes I rebooted the computer.
It went to the add a user screen, but would not allow me to use the name I
had tried before, so I typed in a different name and the computer booted up,
but this time without going to the checking computer performance screen. The
desktop came up and I was in.
The username that I had originally entered was there, so I logged in under
that name.
But I did not have the Aero interface, probably due to the fact that the
computer had not seen my graphics card before it froze. It was no big
problem, and I had my system looking good within a couple of minutes.
But there were other things that were not quite right. When opening an
explorer window none of the links were showing on the left-hand side.
I deleted the second user name, and then re-booted the computer.
Everything seemed to be ok and then I began installing some software. But
another problem occurred. The computer was trying to install it under the
user that I had deleted!
At this point I decided to start again with another clean install. Guess
what? Exactly the same thing happened.
I tried a third time - only this time I did not supply a password for my
username. Success!
Everything went smoothly.
I have sent this feedback to Microsoft, but was curious as to whether or not
anyone else had a similar issue?
Thanks,
Graham.