Configuring installation freeze

A new option is added to the GRUB menu in This may help you resolve issues on certain graphics cards and allow you to boot and install any proprietary drivers needed by your system. From the purple ubuntu screen press the F6 key. Sometimes the manufacturer's splash screen is a part of the Windows bootloader, so when you power up the machine it goes straight to the GNU GRUB menu screen, and then pressing Shift is unnecessary.

After pressing F6, press Enter on nomodeset and an "x" will appear to the left of the option. Press Esc to leave the popup menu. The selections are retained at the time the user presses the Esc key. Then use the down arrow key to highlight the Install Ubuntu option and press the Enter key to select it. Ubuntu Community Ask! Sign up to join this community.

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Thank you Improve this question. ColoredNumbers ColoredNumbers 91 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 5 5 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. EDIT: Legacy boot didn't work either. New info from user: Legacy install option is grayed out. According to users you can try: Post by Umar: not selecting "Download updates before install" solved the problem. Go figure I suggest changing flash disk, downloading ISO again and start the whole installation as never done before.

I just tried to install Ubuntu in legacy mode. However the same thing happened. When I chose "Erase disk and install Ubuntu", and clicked "Install now", nothing happened, and the button got grayed out. Thanks for further information, see edited answer please. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.

If it's currently set to " Disabled ", then this is the problem. Change it by selecting " Manual " from the drop-down box and also make sure that the service is started. If the above step does not fix the issue would suggest that you try to unregister Windows Installer, and then reregister Windows Installer.

To do this, follow these steps: 1. On the " Start" menu, click " Run:. On the " Start" menu, click " Run". The error message that you receive while installing the Windows Installer cleanup utility to due to with the User Account Control UAC enabled in Windows Vista, you may be denied write access to the Program Files directory and its sub-directories by default.

To resolve the problem, you need to install the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility as administrator. To do so, right-click the setup file msicuu2. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. You may also try to install the latest version of Windows installer on the computer by accessing the below link. Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think. Was this reply helpful? Yes No.

Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Every time I try to download or try to get updates my windows installer freezes.

I'm left with a small window that says Preparing to Install but nothing ever happens. I also can't open certain files and programs.