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vista configuring updates perminant loop


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decockney

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I have a vista up date problem, the lap top is a philips freevents x59 and is running vista home premium. it states configuring up dates 3 of 0% complete Do not turn off your computer,then shuts down, it has been the same all day. I tried safe mode, and itgoes to the same screen. f8 fix mode goes to the same screen, left alone it displays the config up dates then it displays shutting down, it tries to reboot and goes back to config up dates. Any ideas ????
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During boot up, can you do F9 and get into a recovery screen?

If not, you might need to use a recovery disc (assuming you have one)

You need to try to restore to a previous point (before the updates)


I am not certain that the original problem is your computer. I have been noticing some very strange update behavior myself lately. A lot of sporadic updates, a lot of restarts/configuring etc.. I even have two updates that simply will not update.

If you can restore, I suggest going in and turning off automatic updates.
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I hade exactly the same problem....going around in circles.... in the end i had to do a recovery. I haven got a disc but mymanual guided me through it...trouble is you lose
all files ...it took me back to when the laptop was purchased... i.e. manufacturers settings.... Is there any other way of stopping this loop ?
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Hello decockney...

Download VistaRecovery.ISO and burn it to a cd as an ISO image. You may need a burning tool like ISO Recorder to do this...be sure to get the version for the operating system you'll be creating the disk on.

Boot to this CD (choose the Repair option) and use it to run a System Restore to a date before the updates installed. You should see updates listed in the restore point list. The update that's apparently causing this is KB947172, so you need to go back to before that one...probably to about 02-12 or 02-13.

Once the machine is running again, install This Microsoft Patch. Then manually install the updates one at a time and they should complete successfully. After you get past installing KB947172, Automatic Updates should work just fine.

Note: This disk is quite slow...be patient. There are no Vista installation files on this disk...it will not help with system file problems.

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I have now managed to reboot the system with system restore, I choose a date before the down load and managed to by pas the down load. But sytem reel slow at starting up. All in all i think thatbthis topic is now resolved, Thanks for all your replies and hope that the problem remains at bay
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someone said "The update that's apparently causing this is KB947172"... where is this file located when its downloaded? I'm having the same issue and I'd like to go into safe mode with command prompt and just delete this file if its the one causing the issue. Any thoughts if that would work?

I went through system restore but I dont have any restore points created, so I'd basically be screwed going back to factory defaults... if I have to do that I'll slave the drive out and copy my files first and just rebuild it.. but I'd rather not go through that 2 hour process.
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