Fixes an issue in which Windows 7 upgrade installation hangs at 62%. When you try to upgrade your computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7, the upgrade process stops. After the 4th time trying I decided to make a video to see if you guys know what happening. Im not a big fan of Windows 7 installs so I really don't know wha.

Many users are facing problems with Windows 7 installation while upgrading from Windows Vista. Windows 7 installation stuck or hangs at 62% or 72% when upgrading from Vista via “Upgrade as install method”. The setup process stops and hangs and the system does not respond specially when it reaches 62% or 72% of completion. Even if you try to restart your system to resume failure installation process, it does not respond.

Installing Windows 7 And Stops At 11 On Install Disk

This installation problem happens because of iphlpsvc service and if you check the setupact.log file, you can see the error message as :

Warning [0x080b50] MIG AsyncCallback_ApplyStatus: Progress appears to be stuck. Current progress: 62

If the setup installation error file tells the above and exact error for installation hang at 62% or 72%, then there is an workaround to get rid of this problem and continue with the installation process. Remember that this installation failure happens during Windows 7 upgrade from Vista only.

Fix Windows 7 Install Hangs at 62% or 72% Error

1. Reboot your computer for the system to roll back to Windows Vista OS
2. Navigate to Start >> right click on Computer >> Properties >> Advanced Settings >> Environment Variables
3. Under System Variables, click New >> press ENTER
4. Type in the following variable information:

Variable Name: MIG_UPGRADE_IGNORE_PLUGINS
Variable value: IphlpsvcMigPlugin.dll

5. Reboot your computer and restart Windows 7 installation process
6. You are done.

Installing Windows 7 And Stops At 11 On Install Screen

Installing Windows 7 And Stops At 11 On Install Windows 10

The above workaround should fix the Windows 7 installation failure at 62% or 72% problem while upgrading from Vista and you can continue installing Windows 7 on your system without much hassles.