2000+ installation gets stuck at Configuring Com+

[Yuriman]

I got a copy of Windows 2000+ from my grandmother for my dual 200mhz pc, and the installation gets stuck at Configuring Com+. This happened a while ago, so I wen't ahead and loaded xp onto it. It was very slow, so now I'm back installing 2000. Same problem. I thought it might be the cd, so I got another from my grandma(she has about 6 copies of 2000, does networking) and it has the same problem as well. What could cause this?

General background info: Pc has 32mb of ram currently, but it had the same before one of my sticks of ram died (working to replace it). I am running Dual P-pro 200's, installing windows 2000 pro. I am also installing onto a SCSI drive, but I doubt this is the problem since XP installed fine onto it.

I can also get a copy of NT workstation 4.0 from her, perhaps that would work better?

[Yuriman]

Ohh also, just a minor question. I slipstreamed a bunch of drivers onto the cd this time around. 2000 loaded up and saw my 10,000rpm drives, and the first part of the install went fine(the format/copy part), but when it rebooted, it would not boot off the card. As far as I know, there is no bios option to boot off of a scsi card, is there anything I can do? I have a rather old HP Vectra motherboard.

[redduc900]

Re: the COM+ issue, the following MSKB article may be of some help to you...

Windows 2000 Setup Stops During the Configuration of the Component Services Administration Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826717&Product=win2000

[Yuriman]

Thanks a ton. I'll go try it now.

[Yuriman]

I didn't have to do it this time! It got past Com+, but now its sitting at "Registers components".

[Yuriman]

Thats very odd... it appears that it has gotten stuck four times durring the install, but each time, just opening the task manager fixed it. I didn't have to do anything else, it just started going again.