Vista - Configuring updates - 3 of 3

I am having trouble with my windows updates. Updates history shows that all updates have successfully been installed. However, when I turn on and off my computer, I get a screen "configuring updates - 3 of 3". The computer takes ages to start or turn off......please helpppppp!!!!!!

Hi Lina, this is a known bug in Vista. We will need to Rename the Pending.xml file, and then edit the registry.
To fix this problem, try these steps:
1: Boot from Windows Vista DVD and on the Install Now screen, click Repair Your Computer.
2: Click Command Prompt.
3: Type cd C:\windows\winsxs and then press ENTER.
4: Type ren pending.xml pending.old and then press ENTER.
5: Type regedit and then press ENTER.
6: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Now click on the File menu and then click Load Hive.
7: Locate the following folder:
C:\windows\system32\config\components
When you are prompted for a name, type Offline_Components.
8:In Registry Editor, locate and then delete the following registry subkey:
HLKM\Offline Components\AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving
HKLM\Offline Components\PendingXmlIdentifier
9: Type exit and restart your computer.

Full info: The update is not installed successfully, you receive a message, and the computer restarts when you try to install an update in Windows Vista

Thanks for the advice, but using the vista dvd is the only way to fix this bug?
Vista was already installed in my laptop and I do not have a dvd....

If vista was already installed on your laptop then you should also have a recovery partition which can restore your computer to factory settings. it will wipe out everything and will keep only the factory installed software and drivers with OS. Which computer do you have? Is it branded like Dell or Acer?

It is a VAIO.

I have the same issue. I don't have recovery CD and mine is Toshiba Satelite Series.

Thanks,

I have been experiencing this problem as well. I've just tried the instructions posted by Dinesh above to no avail. I have no backup points. I have also tried this advice from another site.

" I have windows Vista Home Basic and have had the loop problem for 3 days. I found the answer to this problem on line today and am now responding to you from my notebook.
You need to delete the file. Do this by:
Turning system off. Turn on system and hit "shift 6" - launch repair.
Go to the "Command" prompt. Type in
C:\windows\winsxs - hit enter. Then type del pending.xml
Hope this works for you like it worked for me. "


"The Redmond company has failed to reveal when or if they plan to issue a resolve to alleviate the problems, and also to disclose the number of Vista users affected by the issue. Microsoft only managed to indicate that it is currently investigating the matter. An alternative to the System Restore approach, for the Vista users whose operating systems do not have any restore points, is to kill the updating process, then boot from the Vista media, select the “Repair your computer” option, but instead of looking for Restore Points, start a command prompt and delete, rename or move the “C:Windowswinsxspending.xml” file. When restarting the machine, although Vista will still hang on the configuring updates screen, it will also permit access to the desktop. Eventually…" From Configurating updates: stage 3 of 3 stuck in endless reboot loop | PC Tips



Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download — The NeoSmart Files

For the posters above who don't have a recover disk I came across this?? Not sure if it is of assitance. I do have a disk but it is unable to repair.


Any assistance anyone could offer would be SO much appreciated. So far nothing I have tried works.

Wish I'd known that after the hundreds of times I've encountered the issue on client's computer when I was at Circuit City.

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