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Windows Vista Thread, Infinite Reboot Hell in Technical; Argh Just had Vista reboot after a few updates (.net 3.5, and Defender) and now I'm in the Infinate Reboot ...
  1. 12th March 2009, 09:26 PM #1
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    Infinite Reboot Hell

    Argh

    Just had Vista reboot after a few updates (.net 3.5, and Defender) and now I'm in the Infinate Reboot Loop

    No problem - I'll go into WinRE and restore - only to find all my restore points have gone..

    tried cmd - sfc /scannow - no luck

    F8 - Safe Mode - No joy...

    Looking like a re-install
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  3. 12th March 2009, 09:29 PM #2
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    oh the joy of windows!
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  4. 12th March 2009, 09:35 PM #3
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    people may laugh at me for using OS X but thats a good reason why
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    Quote Originally Posted by mac_shinobi View Post
    people may laugh at me for using OS X but thats a good reason why
    ha ha check his facebook i already said that one
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  6. 12th March 2009, 09:45 PM #5
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    haha not sure if i have him added on facebook lol
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    Gatt,

    Is it the Update Stage 3 of 3 issue with Vista? If so, try rebooting into the recovery console via the Vista DVD. Once in there, rename the pending.xml file to pending.old (I think it's in the Windows\system32 folder) and reboot. That should sort it out & let you in again.

    Rob.
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  9. 12th March 2009, 10:30 PM #7
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    It was - but I've already re-installed vista - took 30 mins
    Thankfully all the important stuff is on separate drives!!

    Will keep that in mind for future reference though!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mac_shinobi View Post
    people may laugh at me for using OS X but thats a good reason why
    As if apple have perfect updates LOL
    hmm I remember a nvidia apple driver that came out a few months ago.....
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  11. 12th March 2009, 11:15 PM #9
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    Come on who gave the bad rep? we are only having a bit of banter. Craig knows that

    I use windows most of the time at work and have nothing against it
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    Lol - I think EG is setup to auto dish out Bad Rep for anyone who admits to owning a Mac...
    Either that or ZH is in a bad mood
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gatt View Post
    Lol - I think EG is setup to auto dish out Bad Rep for anyone who admits to owning a Mac...
    Either that or ZH is in a bad mood
    lol

    Do you take offence to this at all, i think its abit over the top myself
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    Very little offends me - but wouldn't say a Mac offends me...
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    LOL I can say it was not me btw.
    Tbh negative rep is not a huge deal unless you get a lot of people doing it so I would ignore it. It was only -5 rep score and thats the value of one "thank" message.
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    I would still not rather have it. I wouldn't mind if it was for a good reason and i had a good rant. I didn't even do that.
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    Just dont go into your profile summary, you wont even know its there then it will soon go away if you make some more scripts!

    Keep Smiling, your still on page 1 of the rep leauge



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