Windows 8 Computer stuck on "Failure configuring Windows Updates, reverting changes. Please do not turn off your computer"

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Joseph Kingham

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Late last night (around 10:30pm) my computer was updating 0 of 97 updates. This took approximately 2 hours 35 minutes. After that it restarted and the message
"Failure configuring Windows Updates, reverting changes. Please do not turn off your computer" appeared.

I was really furious because I have never experienced this with my 1 year old computer before and was really worried. Later in (about 40 minutes) I decided enough was enough, so I turned it off by the power button. I know I know it was probably bad to do this, but at the end of the day it was never going to move.

Now I returned It back on this morning (8:30am) and the same message appeared. Can anyone tell me how to fix this please, ad arty for the long message :/
 
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my computer did the same thing but it took about 3 hours for it to restart.

I found that if you have a lot of updates to do... Do them all at once, however make sure you have a strong internet connection. Make sure they all download and are ready to install before restarting your computer.
ok to do so, i mean install updates one by one, the pc should start first.

Even I did switch off the power button and start it again. From last night, it is still showing the same status "Failure Configuring.... Reverting Changes".

how to start the pc now and get access to the desktop?

 



you're not answering the question. This is not a solution for the above question

 


I found a solution to this problem. Do you have the windows installation CD?
Pop the CD in press F12 it will take u to if u want to install windows blah blah blah...
Look under that. Click repair do a system restore. And your windows should be back up and running.
 
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