Windows Vista - Windows Updates

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Original Title : I need some advice...

 

I have been trying to get my laptop up and running for a few days...had to do a restore from my DVDs. HP dv7-1245...sets up fine. I begin updating via windows update, and after several series of updates, restarts, it always seems to fail to start windows

on the 5th or 6th round of updates. It runs Vista, so, there are hundreds of updates, as you can imagine. I am currently on my on my 4th restore since Saturday. I went to the Microsoft site, and went ahead and installed Service Pack 2 this time, and am running

updates from that point. I also updated to IE 9. I am using it now to post this.

 

Any additional tips or issues I should address during this time? Are there any updates I should avoid? I kept all the HP items this time as well...wasn't sure if deleting those caused the issue. I just want to be able to use it without fear of not being

able to boot up if I shut it down. I plan on installing my Office 2007 suite as well...haven't even got that far yet...patience is running out, and it has plenty of hardware capabilities, so I don't want to buy a new one.

 

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