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| Junior Member Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Stuck in a loop after updates... My setup: Q6600 2.4GHz Quad 4GB G.Skill 8800GTX EVGA 750i FTW My Problem: I believe I have a (Vista Ultimate x64 RC-1? Already has SP1) cd. I can install it fine. I can then install the correct drivers for my hardware. And all works well, until... I use windows updates and select the 'important' only updates. After that, I'm stuck in a boot-loop. And by boot-loop, I mean I can't get into windows OR safe-mode. I have done this 2 times so far. It definitely only happens when I run the updates (can work perfectly fine for days w/o the updates). Any ideas? It's like I'm just now allowed to have an updated version of Vista. I made a restore point prior to the updates, so I can get back to where I was, but I obviously can't run an outdated OS all the time. :P thanks in advance. |
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| Junior Member Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... One thing I've noticed, if I try to choose 'Last known good configuration', I get a blue screen with a USBPORT.SYS error. So I just boot from the CD and restore back to a previous point. |
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| ɠɛɐǨ ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 118 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... Luf, Have you tried individually installing updates to find the one update causing the boot-loop? |
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| Junior Member Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... That thought crossed my mind. But with 60+ updates, I wasn't really up for the task. I took a look @ my system, and since I did a system restore after the updates....they aren't showing up as an option anymore. My update history just shows them as 'failed', but if I 'check for updates', they don't populate. Let's say I completely reformat/reinstall. Should I try the windows updates right away? (before installing the Chipset & GPU drivers). |
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| Antidisestablishmentarian ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2008 Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, Vista Ultimate x86 MAK, XP x86, XP x64, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3rd Rock Rep Power: 108 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... Can you verify your Vista version? You say RC-1 - and my understanding is that RC 1 support is over....and thus an update that is getting installed may be interfering with the RC 1 itself.... |
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| Junior Member Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... If I look @ my About Windows, it states... Windows Vista Ultimate Version 6.0 (Build 6000) (Debug) |
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| Antidisestablishmentarian ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2008 Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, Vista Ultimate x86 MAK, XP x86, XP x64, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3rd Rock Rep Power: 108 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... That build has been causing more than one person problems. Download a *non* debug build. |
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| Junior Member Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates...
There were so many versions to download, it was overwhelming. It said something along the lines of "Checked & Debugged", sounded good to me. o.0 I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the help. | |||||||||||||||
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| Antidisestablishmentarian ![]() ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2008 Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, Vista Ultimate x86 MAK, XP x86, XP x64, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3rd Rock Rep Power: 108 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... You're not an idiot, it's just that they never bothered to clarify what that means.... |
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| Junior Member Rep Power: 3 ![]() | Re: Stuck in a loop after updates... So, I got a 'good' version and all is well now. Thanks for the help! |
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