PUB97: Publisher 97 Setup Takes a Long Time

When you install Publisher 97 on Windows 95, you may see the following message: The message may be accompanied by what appears to be a gray pie slice rotating in a clockwise direction inside a square.

This message may be displayed for only seconds or for a long period of time. Also, the pie slice may become very slow, giving the impression that Setup has stopped, or that your computer has stopped responding.

During the "updating your system" phase, Publisher 97 Setup adds many fonts to your computer; these fonts must be registered with the Windows 95 operating system. The extended Setup time occurs as a result of the way Windows 95 handles this process coupled with the large number of fonts that need to be registered.

DO NOT restart your computer or interrupt the Setup process. If you wait long enough, Setup will continue and will be completed successfully.

To decrease Setup time, use the following steps:

1. To start Publisher 97 Setup, click Run on the Start menu, and type
   <drive letter>:\setup.exe
   where the <drive letter> is the drive containing the Publisher 97 Setup disk or compact disc.
2. Fill in the Owner and Organization information.
3. When given the choice between Complete and Custom, click Custom.
4. Clear the Fonts check box.
5. Click Continue, and allow Setup to finish.

Because you are not installing the fonts, the Setup program will skip the font registration portion of the setup process. To add the fonts later, run Setup, click Add/Remove option, and then select the Fonts check box.

The portion of Setup in which the fonts are installed will probably take a long time regardless of install fonts separately or as part of your original installation.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.