Windows 2k3 Universal Installer Problem

Hey all,
Let me apologize if this problem has already been answered, but I wasn't able to find any other posts for the particular issue Im having.
Im trying to install 10g rel. 2 on my win 2k3 sp1 platform. When I run setup.exe I get Oracle's splash screen and then attempt to install oracle by just doing the basic installation. I also uncheck the check box to create a starter db. Finally I click "Next" and the Universal Installer just disappears and nothing ever happens. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
System Stats:
OS: Windows Server 2003
Intel P4 2.4 GHz
512 RAM
1.5 GB Virtual Memory
Java Runtime std ed 1.4.2_08
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user479747

Thanks for your help. I finally got it to work correctly now. I believe it was just a bad download I had of 10g. I went back and re-downloaded the db and performed the above mentioned steps from my first posting and it installed itself correctly.
As far as log files are concerned, there were never any for me to look at. During my successful install of Oracle, with the newly downloaded cd, the log files were put in C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs. I never even saw this directory created when I did the install.
Thanks again!

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