Endless restart

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Skulltrail-old

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I just restarted my computer and can't seem to boot into Windows anymore. When it reached the logon screen it says Stage 3 of 3 of an update is starting and to not power off the computer. Ok, so I wait. The percentage does not even budge 0% and suddenly it says "Shutting Down." Ok, let it shut down, maybe it was a minor bug. It starts doing the same thing again and shutting down, over and over again.

What's wrong with my computer and what can I do to fix it? I actually forgot how to get into safe mode and since I turned off System Restore, what can I do in Safe Mode?

Note: I'm on Neowin from my tabletPC.

EDIT: I remembered how to get into Safe Mode (with F8) but don't know what to do next.

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that just happened to me yesterday the exact same thing ! in another rig

insert vista disc and use repair option [the link in the corner ]

then use system restore and get to any earlier point .

that what i did the rig is running fine since then , i am not so sure about the cause tho .

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Skulltrail-old

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that just happened to me yesterday the exact same thing ! in another rig

insert vista disc and use repair option [the link in the corner ]

then use system restore and get to any earlier point .

that what i did the rig is running fine since then , i am not so sure about the cause tho .

My first guess is that the nForce and GeForce drivers I updated caused this since that was the last thing I did before restarting. But then again, I haven't shut down my computer for days (just placed it in sleep mode), so it could have been anything that I did in the past 4 days...:cry:

I'm currently running a memory diagnostics test then I'll System Restore it.

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Skulltrail-old

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couldn't restore to any earlier points ?

No. I had about 3 restore points but they were of the same day. After trying each one of them, the problem continued. I reformatted, installed everything and I don't see the same problem. Perhaps some sort of bug in Windows Update.

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I have this exact problem. I got home from work and my PC was in endless boot. It always stops on update 3 of 3, which it never get passed 0% done, and shuts down.

I've tried repairing, but it doesn't help, although the log states it fixed a problem with tcpip.

I whish I knew which update caused this, but it's impossible to see until I get into Vista.

Reinstalling is just a horrible option, as this is the first time I've had problems since I installed Vista right after MSDN got it the first time.

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jjrambo

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Typical for Microsoft. Million of dollars are wasted each yeah because of their crap.

I just restarted my computer and can't seem to boot into Windows anymore. When it reached the logon screen it says Stage 3 of 3 of an update is starting and to not power off the computer. Ok, so I wait. The percentage does not even budge 0% and suddenly it says "Shutting Down." Ok, let it shut down, maybe it was a minor bug. It starts doing the same thing again and shutting down, over and over again.

What's wrong with my computer and what can I do to fix it? I actually forgot how to get into safe mode and since I turned off System Restore, what can I do in Safe Mode?

Note: I'm on Neowin from my tabletPC.

EDIT: I remembered how to get into Safe Mode (with F8) but don't know what to do next.

Can you give me your computer specs? Is it Vista x86 or Vista x64?

Neowinian

notnoisy

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As a suggestion for if you run into this problem again, try a repair install of Windows instead if all else fails. It will just copy over your "WINDOWS" folder, and you won't lose any data at all.

Vista won't reinstall over my old installation as it claims there is not enough disk space. Which is just bs, as I have many tens of GB left on the drive. Vista sees only 5GB available.

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Eric Veteran

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Typical for Microsoft. Million of dollars are wasted each yeah because of their crap.

Can you give me your computer specs? Is it Vista x86 or Vista x64?

Yes, blame Microsoft THEN ask for specs. It could very well be a video or sound driver causing it.

OP: Posting your computer specs would help to determine if it is a problem like that. There were a number of bad audio drivers that caused this problem when SP1 came out.

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ikonizer

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"Reformatting always fixes the problem."

Until you find that Windows Update has installed the same updates in the same order leading again to the same problem...

I would assume the person in question would at the very least do some research after reinstalling Windows to find out which update caused the problem in the first place...

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mujjuman

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"Reformatting always fixes the problem."

Until you find that Windows Update has installed the same updates in the same order leading again to the same problem...

Reformatting doesnt always fix the problem... To me, its just like starting over fresh.

Fixing a problem is "Oh my RAM doesnt work.... oops I forgot to push it in all the way."

"My remote doesnt work... I'll change the batteries."

"My remote doesnt work, I'll go and buy another one" is like reformatting.

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Anyway, since this happened to multiple users, its a Windows Update problem. I updated my computer 2 days ago and I dont have this problem. Maybe something was released today and its causing it.

Do you remember what kinds of updates you installed? Any optional updates? Driver updates via Windows Update?

This is for problem prevention. ;)

BTW asking for specs is useless in this regard. They need to find out which updates triggered the problem.

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