configuring updates loop in Windows startup

[brenc]

:confused:When I start up my computer, it will run until the Windows Vista screen appears. Then I get the message "Configuring updates, 3 of 3 -0% complete. Do not turn off your computer" It just hangs there, goes into sleep mode, reboots and goes back to the same screen. I have tried F8 and Safe Mode, but it ends up in the same place again. Same with System Restore - goes through the diagnostic but ends up in the same screen. Any suggestions Edited June 21, 2011 by brenc

[Goku]

:confused:When I start up my computer, it will run until the Windows Vista screen appears. Then I get the message "Configuring updates, 3 of 3 -0% complete. Do not turn off your computer" It just hangs there, goes into sleep mode, reboots and goes back to the same screen. I have tried F8 and Safe Mode, but it ends up in the same place again. Same with System Restore - goes through the diagnostic but ends up in the same screen. Any suggestions

 

Hello brenc. Please try the solution listed here and see if it helps or not. Good luck. :)

 

-- Goku

[brenc]

Thanks so much, Goku. Worked fine.:)

Hello brenc. Please try the solution listed here and see if it helps or not. Good luck. :)

 

-- Goku

[aeshwilson12]

It's not only Windows Vista Service Pack 1 that isn't ready for general consumer availability. Some of the updates released on February 12, 2008, as a part of the Microsoft monthly patch cycle, have managed to effectively kill Windows Vista. Users are reporting that, following the introduction of the February 12 updates, Vista gets stuck at the finalization of the deployment of the updates displaying the message "Configuring Updates Stage 3 of 3 0% completes" and then entering

 

an infinite reboot loop. And there is absolutely no way out for the end users, because canceling the configuration process of the updates is a move equivalent to losing access to the operating system entirely. This will even happen in Safe Mode.

 

Microsoft has yet to officially respond to the issue, or to provide a resolve or at least a workaround. However, it does seem at this point that there is an issue with the deployment of the pre-requisite updates necessary for the smooth installation of Windows Vista SP1. Namely, the problem resides in the Vista installation software. The fact of the matter is that end users will have to first update the Vista installation software and only then deploy the remaining February 12 updates and only at the end Vista SP1 RTM.

 

If you are stuck watching the "Configuring Updates Stage 3 of 3 0% complete Do not turn off Computer" and in the endless reboot loop, then stop the cycle and boot from the Vista media. You will need to "Repair your computer," so select your Vista installation and restore it to a point before the deployment of the updates. After gaining back access to your operating system, you will have to install the service stack update, namely Update for Windows Vista (KB937287). Deploy this update before any other on your Vista, and only then install the rest. At this point in time, you should experience no more problems.