ernie

My vista desktop did an auto restart on its on last night and began
'updating' I left it on and went to bed.

This morning it was stuck on 'shutting down' I did a hard reset and
restarted in save network mode.

After the normal dos info on safe mode setup I got a screen saying
'configuring updates'

After about 15 minutes it went to shutting down and its been over 2 hours
shutting down.

I have no idea what 'updates' it is trying to install. My guess is whatever
came out on Tuesday as I use auto update/download.

I am using an older xp machine to write this question.

The vista machine was bought with vista ultimate installed in March of 07.
It is a dual core intel 2.4.

I have had no problems with update until today.

Guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.

thanks