Right at power on startup tap F8, until a list comes up; use UP and DOWN
arrows to go to Safe Mode, hit ENTER.
Once there, uninstall that program, or do a System Restore AFTER disabling
your Anti-virus.
"Howard" wrote:
Quote:
> Yesterday I tried to install Visual Basic Express 2008. After the
> installation completed a reboot was required. During that reboot the
> computer got stuck in the configuring updates/restart loop mentioned in many
> other posts.
>
> After hours of seeing if it would resolve itself I tried a system restore.
> That process allows me to pick a restore point (I have tried several) and it
> proceeds until the point where the "Finalizing file restore" message and
> progress bar appears. Now it is stuck there, continuing the finalizing
> process but never finishing.
>
> I have tried to reinstall Vista using my serial number but it will not let
> me install as an upgrade as it requires me to run it inside of Windows which
> I can not access. If I try to run it without the serial number, it only
> allows a custom install which will overwrite my files.
>
> Any ideas how to solve this problem? Thanks.
>