In your first mail you suggested that this is a fresh install (not an upgrade) so that pop-up is expected, see the 3rd image on http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/DistributionWizard#HUserI… . The install process should continue after you log in. If there is no progress for a long period of time you can always try to reload the page (the UI may freeze due to a JavaScript error for instance). The state is not lost because the installation process runs on the server in the background and the UI simply displays its progress. Hope this helps, Marius On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Rob van Dort <rob.van.dort(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Addition: during the installation process on the Windows XP machine I > get a > pop-up: > > Unauthorized request. Your session has expired or you lost rights while > installing or uninstalling an extension. You need to re-login in order > to > continue. Do you wish to proceed? > > Choose Yes and the process continues to the screendump I sent you > before. > > > > 2013/11/20 Rob van Dort <rob.van.dort(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hi Marius, >> >> I send you this email directly so I can add an attachment. >> >> Yes, I see the initial screen, I choose to install the user interface, >> I >> see component being installed and then the process stops at "Importing >> document [DefaultSkin] in language []..." >> >> Last error in TOmcat stderr log: Exception in thread >> >> "http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/login/XWiki/XWikiLogin?srid=MA0fCBaE&xredirect=%2Fxwiki%2Fbin%2Fdistribution%2FXWiki%2FDistribution%3Fxredirect%3D%252Fxwiki%252Fbin%252Fview%252FMain%252F%26srid%3DMA0fCBaE" >> Exception in thread "Job Manager daemon thread" Exception in thread >> "Lucene >> Index Updater" >> >> Tomcat stdout log: >> 2013-11-20 09:03:14,109 [localhost-startStop-1] WARN >> o.x.e.i.ServletEnvironment - No permanent directory configured. >> Using >> temporary directory [D:\SERVERS\tomcat7\work\Catalina\localhost\xwiki]. >> 2013-11-20 09:03:14,171 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR >> .x.j.i.DefaultJobStatusStorage - Invalid job status file >> >> [D:\SERVERS\tomcat7\work\Catalina\localhost\xwiki\jobs\status\extension\action\org.xwiki.enterprise%3Axwiki-enterprise-ui-mainwiki\wiki%3Axwiki\status.xml] >> 2013-11-20 09:03:21,281 [localhost-startStop-1] INFO >> o.x.s.s.i.EmbeddedSolrInstance - Starting embedded Solr server... >> 2013-11-20 09:03:21,296 [localhost-startStop-1] INFO >> o.x.s.s.i.EmbeddedSolrInstance - Using Solr home directory: >> D:\SERVERS\tomcat7\work\Catalina\localhost\xwiki\solr >> 2013-11-20 09:03:23,109 [localhost-startStop-1] WARN o.a.s.c.SolrCore >> - New index directory detected: old=null >> new=D:\SERVERS\tomcat7\work\Catalina\localhost\xwiki\solr\.\data\index/ >> 2013-11-20 09:03:24,781 [localhost-startStop-1] INFO >> o.x.s.s.i.EmbeddedSolrInstance - Started embedded Solr server. >> 2013-11-20 09:06:19,531 [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/] >> INFO >> .HibernateDataMigrationManager - Checking Hibernate mapping and >> updating >> schema if needed for wiki [xwiki] >> 2013-11-20 09:06:20,578 [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/] >> INFO >> .HibernateDataMigrationManager - Storage schema updates and data >> migrations >> are enabled >> 2013-11-20 09:06:20,593 [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/] >> INFO >> .HibernateDataMigrationManager - No data migration to apply for >> database >> [xwiki] currently in version [43000] >> 2013-11-20 09:06:20,593 [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/] >> INFO >> .HibernateDataMigrationManager - Checking Hibernate mapping and >> updating >> schema if needed for wiki [xwiki] >> 2013-11-20 09:06:34,171 >> >> [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/distribution/XWiki/Distribution?xredirect=%…] >> WARN o.x.v.i.DefaultVelocityEngine - Deprecated usage of method >> [com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.countDocuments] in >> xwiki:XWiki.Distribution@132,31 >> >> All I described above is on Windows XP, up-to-date version. >> >> Original problems were on Windows Server 64 bit (cloud hosted), there >> even >> no installation screen appears. >> >> >> I see similar user complaints at >> >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationStandalone >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> Rob. > >