Tag: Windows Update
Vista Infinite Reboot Loop “Configuring Updates Stage 3 of 3 0%”
by Craig Mayhew on Jun.29, 2010, under General
Had a bit of a nightmare with this as you can’t even get into safe mode to fix the problem. Running a start up repair from the windows CD does nothing. This leaves us with two options for fixing or working around the issue.
Option 1:
– Revert to a previous restore point using the windows CD to boot into recovery/repair mode. Obviously this only works if you have restore points.
Option 2:
1. Insert your Vista CD/DVD into your drive and boot from it.
2. Select “Repair your Computer” from the list.
3. Select “Command Prompt” from the recovery choices.
4. At the command prompt type C:
5. Type cd WindowsWinSxS
6. Type rename pending.xml pending.xml.bak
7. Exit and reboot
Please remember that option 2 will cause problems if you need to update in future. If and when I solve that, I’ll write a blog and post a link to it.
