Windows could not complete the installation.

little_alien · little_alien's Computer Specs

nice one

Saved me a whole headache of pain. although there is a a decent amount of information and walk throughs out there now, its still lacking in the troubleshooting area.

I followed mbjsbj route and worked a treat. i had left it downloading updates overnight and came mack to a locked pc with no knowledge of the admin password, so rebooted and it was locked out.

Hence that workaround was perfect. CHEEERS

BTW any one know any really good resources for MDT 2010?

Nigel1969 · Nigel1969's Computer Specs

Quote:

Originally Posted by gypsy

Here's what I did to solve it for myself (I had run sysprep /generalize /oobe to move my machine from an AMD to an Intel platform):

1) Get the command prompt with Shift-F10.
2) Run services.msc and turn anything that you disabled yourself to Automatic (use your head here, for example Nero's NMIndexService can stay off), in case you've done services tweaking like I did.
3) Ensure the sptd service is disabled if you have it installed (used for virtual CD/ISO-mounting apps), you do this with regedit, it'll be in HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services I believe.
4) Reboot
5) Command prompt again, cd to \Windows\System32\oobe and run msoobe
6) Create a new user and go through the steps.
After the OOBE part was done, I just got a black screen instead of going to desktop. Just sat there, so I powered off and rebooted. After reboot, it logged me into the new user I had created.
7) Log back into your old user, all should be fine now.

Hope this helps someone out there.

this worked to setup a new profile...thanks...the only problem is that i cant find the original boot screen options with the 3 profiles i had and the original computer name (i had to create a new computer name with your method)

kb779806 · kb779806's Computer Specs

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbjsbj

Thanks Gypsy. I tweaked your post a bit and did the following:

After getting the command prompt:
I ran MMC > Add Remove Snap In > Computer Management > System Tools > Users to change my Administrator password to meet the requirements.

Then

Add Remove Snap In >Group Policy Object > Local Computer >Computer Configuration > Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>Security Option and changed "Accounts: Administrator Accounts status" to enabled. From there a restart and "bob's your uncle"!

This worked for me...after joining it to our domain it must have enforced the password complexity requirements. It also disabled the Administrator account.

THANKS FOR THE POST!!!

n8r4d3 · n8r4d3's Computer Specs

Very helpful!

I went an easier route.
1. Get stuck at cannot install window,
2. Shift+F10 for command window
3. type lusrmgr.msc to bring up the users control panel
4. set password for disabled administrator account, enable account. exit
5. click OK on cannot install window, system reboots
6. VOILA! Windows!

iptwebmaster · iptwebmaster's Computer Specs

The easiest fix was from n8r4d3, I thought I was going to have to start over! FYI the command is LUSRMGR.MSC in lower case is couldnt see the "r" so i typed in LUSMGR.msc... Thanks!

jbtiongco · jbtiongco's Computer Specs

The "oobe" thing works on me. Only thing, i came from a fresh install for HP DV6000 with the same issue. Thanks!.

umnabc · umnabc's Computer Specs

i found solution of this problem May be this link help you.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753

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