Vista hang

[knazgul]

Hello,
I am running vista home premium 32 bit. Windows update was installing updates and it was at stage 3. It stays it is at 0% and then says shutting down. It keeps doing this like it is stuck in some kind of loop. I can't get into safe mode either. It just does the same thing. How can I stop the update and load windows. I could hook up the hd to another comp via usb hd enclosure and go into the files that way, but as a last resort. I still don't know if that would work either.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

 

[fowang]

Boot into safe mode and use system restore to set your system to a previous date and reboot.

 

[rasmasyean]

Well...I'm not sure about your case but sometimes I have found the Windows Update takes a looong time to shut down. I just leave it and come back after dinner, etc. find it done.

 

[fowang]

I just re-read your post :S you'll have to boot using your installation disk, using the repair tool you will be able to restore your computer to a previous state that way :S i did a TL;DR lol

 

[knazgul]

the system restore worked like a charm.

thanks to all that replied

 

[fowang]

no worries glad it worked