I have been trying to (unsuccessfully) install an OEM version of Home Premium onto some brand new hardware. Everytime it gets to completing installation, it freezes and goes no further. I have left it sitting for a few hours in case something was happening behind the scenes but no luck.
When rebooting, windows detects a problem and offers to repair, which also fails.
Hardware is as follows
Foxconn 945G7MC-KRS2HV mainboard (latest bios installed)
Pentium D 3.4 Ghz 800Mhz
Apacer DDR2 Ram 1Gb
Seagate 250Gb Sata HDD
ATI X1600Pro Graphics
Lite-on 18x DL DVDRW