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Hey all ,

Weird problem ive never had , did an update on my vista computer (Burnt copy-havent ever had probs b4)

Computer kept hanging on , and msg was

" Configuring updates stage 3 of 3 0% do not turn off computer "

as it restarted several times and kept giving me the same msg with no progress , i figured a fuckup .
But i cannot restart in safe mode even (to do a system restore) as it continues with the same above msg even
after pulling the ethernet cable out ?

Any idea's to help me ?

check this out:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/For ... 90e4bc5bca

and this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949358

and this:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 2296f2037c

looks like you need to go into safe mode and do a system restore...

Boogz thankyou for your help mate , to the point . Am atm downloading vista recovery disc to hopefully fix the problem .
You,ve replied to a few of my posts , i appreciate you taking the time . Thankyou .

all good dude... hopefully it helps...

worked ty boogz ....

gw boogz

Dv8...def reinstall with Win7 asap...vista will become more sick over time...it's well known for problems...

sorry you have to use vista man lol, get win 7 if you have a chance

i have to agree, dump vista if you can dude.. windows 7 is much more stable

MSDART might have been able to help you. I'm guessing not though - typically, when Vista (and up) upgrade a major SP version (i'm guessing you were installing sp2) it kills the restore points.

fixed it with the info boogz gave and dl a repair disc of the net , i have windows 7 lying around somewere ,
just got other things to do atm rather than a reformat , but i,ll get around to it .....

What, no inplace upgrade? theres a chart around on microsofts site that details which versions need a format , and those that can be inplace...

Actually, a custom install wont do a format anyway. (unless you reaaaally want it to) Instead, it'll create a folder called windows.000? - it'll also contain your user profiles, the windows directory - including system32\config - which contains the old registry if you wanted to hack parts of it back in and there will be a copy your program files folder. If you have a 64bit version of vista, it'll also contain program files (x86).

it will keep the registry amogst other things (some drivers etc) from the previous install though - best to format