Latest Vista Update stuck in Stage 3/restart loop

Anonymous
2009-07-26T19:43:12+00:00

I have Vista Business system on a Toshiba notebook, latest Service Pack and with all updates.  It was fully functional when i last shut it down.  I just booted it up to find the Stage 3 page of a Windows update.  0% progress shown, then it restarts, and opens at the same page again.  Stuck in this loop.  Have tried using F8 to get last good installation, and to stop auto restart, without success, it just keeps returning to the Stage 3 page and reboots.  Tried Systems Repair which offered a System Restore, but that wouldn't start.  System Repair now just keeps showing progress (for 3/4 hour) without any HD activity.  I shut it down and it still restarts at same Stage 3 page.

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Anonymous
2009-07-29T01:37:10+00:00

Configuring updates stage 3 of 3. 0% complete

Road Map:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949358

Use the System Recovery options to rename the Pending.xml file and edit

the registry:

On the System Recovery Options page, click Command Prompt.

Type cd C:\windows\winsxs, and then press ENTER.

Type ren pending.xml pending.old, and then press ENTER.

Type regedit, and then press ENTER.

Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

On the File menu, click Load Hive.

Locate the following folder:

C:\windows\system32\config\components

When you are prompted for a name, type Offline_Components.

In Registry Editor, locate and then delete the following registry

subkey:

HLKM\Offline Components\AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving

HKLM\Offline Components\PendingXmlIdentifier

Exit Registry Editor:

At the command prompt, type exit to exit Registry Editor.

Press ENTER.

Click Restart.

Kindly reply to me if the steps worked.

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-29T01:58:25+00:00

    I tried this and it didnt work for me.  any other ideas?

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-03T20:30:18+00:00

    Thank you RyanT.It worked perfectly.I think you might be the solutions to this problem.Cheers.

    Paul.

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-11-24T07:58:41+00:00

    Hi,

    Try all the fixes mentioned above.

    Many of the files sfc can't fix are not important.

    Start - type in Search box ->  CMD   find at top - Right Click on - RUN AS ADMIN

    put the command from below (copy and paste it) into that box and then hot enter.

    How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program

    generates in Windows Vista

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228

    That creates sfcdetails.txt  in C:\Windows\System32   find it and you can post the errors into a message here.

    NOTE there probably are duplicates so please only post each section of errors once.

    You can read the log/txt files easier if you right click on Notepad or Wordpad then RUN AS ADMIN.

    Hope this helps.

    Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-11-24T07:03:31+00:00

    Hi,

    I did the SFC/scannow and it says "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them"

    Details in CBS.log file. I opened the log file, but it was way beyond anything i could ever understand.

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