I haven't upgraded in a while but i read the directions and it seems straight forward

After the JLcommander wipe the bb comes up with the 507 error meaning no OS.
So I DL the latest OS and installed it and deleted the vendor.xml file then I plugged in the bb and ran loader.exe (in same folder as vendor.xml)

At this point im expecting the BB to start loading the OS but nothing happens i just see the BB and computer icon on the screen with the arrows. And on the Loader screen all i see is an idle screen nothing happens

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Is this normal? or am i missing something?
Yes i searched and yes i followed the FAQ site.

8300 curve
latest OS listed on Sticky at top of site.

could the problem be its on Vista?

i did this on XP and my buddy confirmed this procedure works on XP fine but neither of us have done this on Vista

Yes i ran as Admin when installing it

also DM 4.6 for vista

Well it worked.. here is the trick..

Even though the OS was installed using Run as Admin

running Loader.exe must be done the same way... Don't ask me why its a Vista thing.. took me a good freaking hour to figure it out... sheesh...