When I try to install subject library the installation hangs. No indication
of processor or disk activity although task manager shows the application
status as "running". I have Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed and request
integration with that. I had a previous version of MSDN library installed
but I uninstalled that first.

I have tried it several times (with reboots in between) but it always hangs
at the same point.

I did a fresh install of Visual Studio .NET 2003 on another machine and
installed the MSDN library from the same DVD with no problems. That one had
never had a previous MSDN library installed before though and is a different
OS (Windows 2003 Server).

I am running Windows XP on a Pentium 4M, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB, Toshiba laptop.

Symptoms:

The status bar quickly moves to about 80% and hangs. There is no text under
"Status:". No processor or disk activity. After about 30 minutes I get a
dialog box "Installer is no longer responding" with retry and cancel
options. Selecting retry just returns to a hung condition.

I have waited well over an hour with nothing happening other than the
occassional "Installer is no longer responding" dialog. Attempting to cancel
installation does not work. Have to kill the setup wizard using the task
manager.

The readme file on the library DVD warns about an apparent hang at the end
of "copying new files" and "remove backup files" but I am not getting that
far so I assume this is a different problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Bob Dukelow