Setup Hangs registering components

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I'm doing a clean install and i'm getting the same
problem! arrghh! very frustrating.



arrghh!!!


>-----Original Message-----
>After upgrading from Win95 to W2K Pro I noticed the
Backup
>option was not present (to do an Emergency Rescue disk)
so
>I started W2K Pro Setup again.
>
>What a mistake! The Setup hangs when registering
>components (about 30% into registering). Every time I
>restart (even in Safe mode) Setup resumes and hangs in
the
>same place. The Setup log file indicates problems with
OLE
>components (several).
>
>Any ideas what can I do to:
>1) Restart to a W2K desktop?
>2) Fix the problem and complete Setup?
>
>I have the W2K Boot disks and I've found a KB article
>(Hotfix 828748 for COM+) that describes a similar
problem
>but is for post SP4. I did originally install SP4 but a
>Blue Screen of Death problem forced me to revert to
>upgrading a WIN95 setup that had a lot of (upgrade
>compatible it seems) software.
>
>Help if you can!
>.
>