I primarily use XP, but I have Vista Premium x64 installed on another HDD... I tried booting into it tonight and every time I try to, I get a screen that says it's in step 3 of 3 of updates, it jumps from 0% to 94%, then says it's shutting down. It never starts up, I've restarted about 20 times.
Vista Home Premium x64 Update Restart Loop
- Thread starter Hyphen
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zigzag3143
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Hyphen
reboot in safe mode (F8 when booting) then you can un-install whatever update is killing your system. You can find out which in event viewer
if you need any help with this let us know
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron E 1405
- Memory
- 4 gigs
- Graphics card(s)
- integrated intel 945
- Sound Card
- integrated
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 300 gig internal
- Internet Speed
- 10 down 1.5 up
I've tried this, safe mode still attempts to install unfinished updates though before showing you your desktop.
My Computer
zigzag3143
Banned
Do you have a backup you can restore from?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron E 1405
- Memory
- 4 gigs
- Graphics card(s)
- integrated intel 945
- Sound Card
- integrated
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 300 gig internal
- Internet Speed
- 10 down 1.5 up
How can I even access my desktop though? There is no boot mode that skips the step 3 of updates screen on boot.
My Computer
zigzag3143
Banned
H
there is a way to access device manager from an install dvd.
there is a way to access device manager from an install dvd.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron E 1405
- Memory
- 4 gigs
- Graphics card(s)
- integrated intel 945
- Sound Card
- integrated
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 300 gig internal
- Internet Speed
- 10 down 1.5 up
This happened to me once. It annoyed the hell out of me. I just did a system restore to a couple days before the updates were downloaded/started installing.
My Computer
You maybe able to get to System restore by booting the dvd - select Repair my Computer ( Uderneath where it says Install Now ).
After it has searched for installed o/s click next and select system restore.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/194765-system-recovery-options.html
After it has searched for installed o/s click next and select system restore.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/194765-system-recovery-options.html
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Vista
- CPU
- Intel E8400
- Motherboard
- ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
- Memory
- 4gb DDR2 800
- Graphics card(s)
- nvidia 9500GT 1gb
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- Operating System
- win7/vista
- CPU
- intel i5-8400
- Motherboard
- gigabyte b365m ds3h
- Memory
- ballistix 2x8gb 3200
If the OS is corrupted, it may have to be reinstalled.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- AMD AM2 6000+
- Motherboard
- Nvidia M2N-E SLI
- Graphics card(s)
- GeForce 7600GT
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- WD
- Case
- Cooler Master
- Cooling
- Three fans
- Mouse
- Dell Optical
- Keyboard
- Dell Quietkey
- Internet Speed
- 10 MBPS
Wow funny thing, this happened to me again tonight after I installed a few updates (which lulz, 2/3 of which didn't install). Took me a long time to remember how to get back to the system restore menu lol.