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scrivz69
17-04-11, 22:31
Need a little help guys if possible, the wife brother has brought his laptop around to see it I can fix, it just keeps looping in vista, it gets to the start screen and says installing update 0 of 3 and then re boots, does the same when trying safe mode,tried loading with comman prompt to run chkdsk and does the same, so I am a little stuck other than doing a factory reset which if I am honest I can't really be bothered to do lol.
sb89
18-04-11, 00:36
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Vista-Out-of-the-Infinite-Reboot-Loop-Configuring-Updates-Stage-3-of-3-0-with-Vista-SP1-78933.shtml
Sniperdude
18-04-11, 01:01
if you can get into safe mode you can get into the recovery console and use system restore to roll back to before the update

see what options you get from the tapping F8 on boot or if that brings no joy ctrl+f11 takes you into Dell Recovery Restore Utility this should give you the options to roll back
Pancake
18-04-11, 01:15
Factory reset on dells is fairly painless. i would just install 7 if i were you lol
Snakedoc
18-04-11, 01:16
Tap F8 at start up and try Last known good configuration.
scrivz69
18-04-11, 08:56
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Vista-Out-of-the-Infinite-Reboot-Loop-Configuring-Updates-Stage-3-of-3-0-with-Vista-SP1-78933.shtml

Thanks I will have a look at that.


if you can get into safe mode you can get into the recovery console and use system restore to roll back to before the update

see what options you get from the tapping F8 on boot or if that brings no joy ctrl+f11 takes you into Dell Recovery Restore Utility this should give you the options to roll back

Thanks mate I will try that too, system restore just reboots.


Tap F8 at start up and try Last known good configuration.

That don't work mate just keeps looping.
scrivz69
18-04-11, 12:15
if you can get into safe mode you can get into the recovery console and use system restore to roll back to before the update

see what options you get from the tapping F8 on boot or if that brings no joy ctrl+f11 takes you into Dell Recovery Restore Utility this should give you the options to roll back


Worked a treat in the end mate, back up and running like a dog lol, thats good old vista for ya.
joker3327
18-04-11, 12:50
You might want to go into the update manager and turn off auto up dates... or you can try installing the updates one at a time until you find the culprit then mark it as never install..
scrivz69
18-04-11, 15:01
It's a strange one mate, I let it install everything and it has and running fine, all very Bill gates as usual.
Sniperdude
18-04-11, 15:07
my GF's Dell inspiron came with vista and it was always hanging
dropping wifi. GF was moaning all the time about it so i lashed windows 7 on it, it has been perfect since


not dropping connection at all no hanging and more importantly no moaning
scrivz69
18-04-11, 15:10
Lol it's a woman thing mate, I ain't got a spare copy of 7 so that's out of the window, thanks for the tip it's working fine now.
doctorfonz
18-04-11, 15:36
Glad you got it sorted.

Vista is a pig - should try and get him to get 7 on it as it would probably make your life easier in the long run (and also give him a potentially faster machine)
lucas4
20-04-11, 10:54
My Philips Vista laptop did this a few days ago.

Installed updates, booted a day later and it just completely Hung for ages! Used system restore to an earlier point and it was fine :)
jaff90110
23-04-11, 14:54
Back up all data first and then install new Win7 fresh one