Hi, Ran into the 9 minute hang. I turned the system off and tried again. It hangs at the same place, 9 minutes. I found a way to make things work. When you are around the 9 minute mark, move the mouse frequently. By doing this, it actually finished the installation. I actually created 3 nlite XP, adding modem component because if it is removed, PDANET won't work. On each and every install moving the mouse near the 9 minute mark, never hanged again. benc4u