Some ways that other people have overcome installation problems:

*install from scratch (you did this, didn't work)
*download a map.rwm file (search the forum, you'll find it)
*delete some interfering files that Vista hides in its bowels
*Install using 7-zip rather than installer

You can also run the EB installation validation to see what is different in your installation, and use FileMon to see what it is doing at the moment of crash.