The installer can take a long time to process your request, so the first thing you need to do is to increase the time php has to execute. Change this setting in your php.ini file:
max_execution_time = 30
Also if you don't have an accelerator on your server, you'll get some performance trouble. There are several available eAccelerator is one such software.
I got the same problem. The welcome page just hung for seconds then turned to a blank page when you click any button. Maybe my computer is too slow, but is it possable to make a full install. e.g manually install without the installer, at least do the 1st step manually. Sorry for my poor expression, hope you can understand.
btw: I've open the debug output, and it appears no problem.
I installed ezpublish successfully year ago, but now failed.
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Windows 2003 sp1
PHP 4.4.2
Apache 2.0.58 Virtual host (China)
MySQL 5.0.18
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the max_execution_time = 120 memory_limit = 100M
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Windows 2003 sp1
PHP 4.4.2
Apache 2.0.58 Virtual host (China)
MySQL 5.0.18
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Maybe you should try to downgrade the PHP module to 4.4.1 or 4.4.0 durning setup.
I encountered the same problem weeks ago.
After some googleing and fourms digging,
i found that there seems some bug in module 4.4.2 and it causes ezpublish out of work..
Any way .. Everything goes fine since i replace module 4.4.2 with 4.4.0.