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Hi,

I try to install Joomla 1.7 on a Windows Server.
Everything looks fine, but ...

When it comes to the CONFIGURATION screen,I enter the website name, my email etc, and then I see the "wait circle" running, and it goes on and one, and never stops.

When I look on my server, I see the database is created, the example data is there, everything looks fine.

Maybe someone knows where I have to look to solve this ?

Thanks !!

Problem Description :: Forum Post Assistant (v1.2.0) : 15th January 2012 wrote:Joomla never stops in the Configuration screen

Log/Error Message :: Forum Post Assistant (v1.2.0) : 15th January 2012 wrote:None

Log/Error Message :: Forum Post Assistant (v1.2.0) : 15th January 2012 wrote:None

Actions Taken To Resolve by Forum Post Assistant (v1.2.0) 15th January 2012 wrote:Upgrade PHP, pre-defined a database.

Forum Post Assistant (v1.2.0) : 15th January 2012 wrote:

Basic Environment :: wrote:Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 1.7.3-Stable (Ember) 14-Nov-2011
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 11.2.0-Stable+Modified (Omar) 27-Jul-2011
Joomla! Configured :: Not Found

Host Configuration :: OS: Windows NT | OS Version: 6.1 | Technology: i586 | Web Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 | Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch | Doc Root: C:/Inetpub/vhosts/4CITGroup.com/httpdocs | System TMP Writable: Yes

PHP Configuration :: Version: 5.2.17 | PHP API: cgi-fcgi | Session Path Writable: Yes | Display Errors: 1 | Error Reporting: 6135 | Log Errors To: | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: | Magic Quotes: 1 | Safe Mode: | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 10M | Max. POST Size: 8M | Max. Input Time: 60 | Max. Execution Time: 60 | Memory Limit: 128M

MySQL Configuration :: Database Credentials incomplete or not available Nothing to display.
Missing credentials detected: Connection Type missing | MySQL Host missing | Table Prefix missing | Database Username missing | Database Password missing |

Detailed Environment :: wrote:PHP Extensions :: bcmath () | calendar () | com_dotnet (0.1) | ctype () | date (5.2.17) | filter (0.11.0) | ftp () | hash (1.0) | iconv () | json (1.2.1) | odbc (1.0) | pcre () | Reflection (0.1) | session () | libxml () | standard (5.2.17) | tokenizer (0.1) | zlib (1.1) | SimpleXML (0.1) | dom (20031129) | SPL (0.2) | wddx () | xml () | xmlreader (0.1) | xmlwriter (0.1) | cgi-fcgi () | curl () | gd () | gettext () | imap () | mbstring () | mssql () | mysql (1.0) | PDO (1.0.4dev) | pdo_sqlite (1.0.1) | sockets () | SQLite (2.0-dev) | xsl (0.1) | ionCube Loader () | Zend Engine (2.2.0) |
Potential Missing Extensions :: zip | openssl | mysqli | mcrypt | suhosin |

Switch User Environment (Experimental) :: PHP CGI: Yes | Server SU: No | PHP SU: Yes | Custom SU (Cloud/Grid): No
Potential Ownership Issues: Maybe

Folder Permissions :: wrote:Core Folders :: images/ (777) | components/ (777) | modules/ (777) | plugins/ (777) | language/ (777) | templates/ (777) | cache/ (777) | logs/ (777) | tmp/ (777) | administrator/components/ (777) | administrator/modules/ (777) | administrator/language/ (777) | administrator/templates/ (777) |

Elevated Permissions (First 10) :: None administrator/ (777) | administrator/cache/ (777) | administrator/components/ (777) | administrator/components/com_admin/ (777) | administrator/components/com_admin/controllers/ (777) | administrator/components/com_admin/helpers/ (777) | administrator/components/com_admin/helpers/html/ (777) | administrator/components/com_admin/models/ (777) | administrator/components/com_admin/models/forms/ (777) |

Extensions Discovered :: wrote:Components :: SITE :: com_mailto (1.7.0) | com_wrapper (1.7.0) |
Components :: ADMIN :: com_admin (1.7.0) | com_banners (1.7.0) | com_cache (1.7.0) | com_categories (1.7.0) | com_checkin (1.7.0) | com_config (1.7.0) | com_content (1.7.0) | com_cpanel (1.7.0) | com_installer (1.7.0) | com_languages (1.7.0) | com_login (1.7.0) | com_media (1.7.0) | com_menus (1.7.0) | com_messages (1.7.0) | com_modules (1.7.0) | com_newsfeeds (1.7.0) | com_plugins (1.7.0) | com_redirect (1.7.0) | com_search (1.7.0) | com_templates (1.7.0) | com_users (1.7.0) | com_weblinks (1.7.0) |

Modules :: SITE :: mod_articles_archive (1.7.0) | mod_articles_categories (1.7.0) | mod_articles_category (1.7.0) | mod_articles_latest (1.7.0) | mod_articles_news (1.7.0) | mod_articles_popular (1.7.0) | mod_banners (1.7.0) | mod_breadcrumbs (1.7.0) | mod_custom (1.7.0) | mod_feed (1.7.0) | mod_footer (1.7.0) | mod_languages (1.7.0) | mod_login (1.7.0) | mod_menu (1.7.0) | mod_random_image (1.7.0) | mod_related_items (1.7.0) | mod_search (1.7.0) | mod_stats (1.7.0) | mod_syndicate (1.7.0) | mod_users_latest (1.7.0) | mod_weblinks (1.7.0) | mod_whosonline (1.7.0) | mod_wrapper (1.7.0) |
Modules :: ADMIN :: mod_custom (1.7.0) | mod_feed (1.7.0) | mod_latest (1.7.0) | mod_logged (1.7.0) | mod_login (1.7.0) | mod_menu (1.7.0) | mod_multilangstatus (1.7.1) | mod_popular (1.7.0) | mod_quickicon (1.7.0) | mod_status (1.7.0) | mod_submenu (1.7.0) | mod_title (1.7.0) | mod_toolbar (1.7.0) |

Plugins :: SITE :: plg_authentication_gmail (1.7.0) | plg_authentication_joomla (1.7.0) | plg_authentication_ldap (1.7.0) | plg_content_emailcloak (1.7.0) | plg_content_geshi (1.7.0) | plg_content_joomla (1.7.0) | plg_content_loadmodule (1.7.0) | plg_content_pagebreak (1.7.0) | plg_content_pagenavigation (1.7.0) | plg_content_vote (1.7.0) | plg_editors_codemirror (1.0) | plg_editors_tinymce (3.4.4) | plg_editors-xtd_article (1.7.0) | plg_editors-xtd_image (1.7.0) | plg_editors-xtd_pagebreak (1.7.0) | plg_editors-xtd_readmore (1.7.0) | plg_extension_joomla (1.7.0) | plg_search_categories (1.7.0) | plg_search_contacts (1.7.0) | plg_search_content (1.7.0) | plg_search_newsfeeds (1.7.0) | plg_search_weblinks (1.7.0) | plg_system_cache (1.7.0) | plg_system_debug (1.7.0) | plg_system_languagefilter (1.7.0) | plg_system_log (1.7.0) | plg_system_logout (1.7.0) | plg_system_p3p (1.7.0) | plg_system_redirect (1.7.0) | plg_system_remember (1.7.0) | plg_system_sef (1.7.0) | plg_user_contactcreator (1.7.0) | plg_user_joomla (1.7.0) | plg_user_profile (1.7.0) |

Templates Discovered :: wrote:Templates :: SITE :: atomic (1.7.0) | beez5 (1.7.0) | beez_20 (1.7.0) |
Templates :: ADMIN :: bluestork (1.7.0) | hathor (1.7.0) |

I too am having the exact same problem minus I'm on GoDaddy economy hosting. I'm hanging at the Step 9 configuration screen. I checked mySQL database, but everything seems normal there.

I have pretty much the same setup as OP. I am using phpmysqladmin as well.

Regards,
Eben

**Edit: Step 9 is Step 6 in actuality the Configuration phase.

Same issue here. similar configuration, It installs sample data to the database but wont get past the configuration step. It just gives me the page back as if I never clicked next.

Has anybody got any idea what to do here?

I figured it out, after an hour of searching forums, google, and trying different things. I looked for configuration.php which was not embedded in the server. It end's up being your folder permissions.

The main folder you put all your Joomla 1.7.3 files requires the right set of permissions for Joomla to finish and configure the Installation process in which case it will automatically create configuration.php in your Joomla main folder so you should see Path/configuration.php when Step 6 Configuration process occurs. After Step 6 you have to remove your Installation folder and after that everything should work fine and dandy. Make sure your mySQL database has been populated in the table prefix. I double-checked any errors in Step 4 which may cause a "Loading Circle" loop in Step 6 Configuration.

Hope this helps, best advice I can give is be tenacious in your searches. Keep reading, it will help find an answer somehow.

Thanks !

This sounds good.
I will try today, and see if this helps.

I will post a reply here what happend

Cheers,
Mike

Yeah this worked for me. Thanks for posting, this has been stressing me out all day!