I have the same exact problem with Vista Ultimate x86. I get a blue/green
background with only a mouse cursor. My HDD LED is lit and my DVD drive is
constantly being read. The same thing happened with Vista RC1. I thought it
might of been the DVD drive, so I swapped it out and tried 4 other ones. I
had my raptors in raid 0, so I removed the raid and tried again. The only
thing I can think of is some type of Mobo compatibility issue.

My Specs:
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo
2GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 (PC3200)
Antec NEOPOWER 480 ATX12V v2.0 480W
FSP Group BoosterX 3, 300W ( Max. 400W ) SLI Graphic PSU
XFX GeForce 7950GX2 PCI-E
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro
(2) WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA

"NoJuice" wrote:

> I have Vista Home Premium Full, but when I boot from the DVD, the setup files
> do load, up to the point where it shows the vista install background.
> However, no dialog boxes show up whatsoever. I'm stuck with the background
> and a mouse cursor. What could the problem be? No Dialog boxes, no
> messages, just background and mouse cursor only.
>
> I have XP Pro on my primary partition, and Vista Ultimate RC1 on another. I
> plan to replace Vista Ultimate RC1 with Vista Home Premium.