Help installing Mountain Lion!

I'm trying to install Mountain Lion, when it asks for my password to continue install I enter it and nothing happens.  Help!

so i tried that and still no love. this is the 3rd time i am downloading mountain lion.
when you say "OS X" are you referrnig to mountain lion or other?
i am getting the same thing happen as before. i enter in my p/w and nothing. also tried the shift key thing... what am i doing wrong??

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      Number of Processors:          1
      Total Number of Cores:          4
      L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
      L3 Cache:          8 MB
      Memory:          16 GB
      Processor Interconnect Speed:          4.8 GT/s
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