The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    New laptop Win7 update...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hiker, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    448
    Messages:
    1,715
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    ... stuck on "Preparing to configure Windows. Do not turn off your computer"

    This was after starting, registering, downloading FF etc and then a Windows update.

    Been 20 minutes.
     
    Hiker, Jan 7, 2010
    #1
  2. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    448
    Messages:
    1,715
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Unreal, brand new laptop and can't do MS update.

    Anyway, after a couple had reboots trying last good, repair a system restore worked. NIS (trial) got screwed up, so I uninstalled and intalled MS Essentials. Will try updates later.
     
    Hiker, Jan 7, 2010
    #2
  3. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

    Reputations:
    1,312
    Messages:
    3,433
    Likes Received:
    20
    Trophy Points:
    106
    Sometimes it pays to wait a little longer. I had a Windows update that got seemingly stuck on the progress bar at the same spot for about three hours or so, but it eventually worked itself out.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 8, 2010
    #3
  4. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    448
    Messages:
    1,715
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Yeah, a progress bar with time left would be nice. I got it working with restore and after re-installing Firefox went to Windows update and it said it was already up-to-date. Seems to be working fine now. Hopefully, in the future I won't have to use brute force
     
    Hiker, Jan 8, 2010
    #4
  5. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

    Reputations:
    4,018
    Messages:
    6,046
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Yes, the updates can take a very long time in that state. Leave it on overnight if need be.
     
    Bog, Jan 8, 2010
    #5
  6. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    801
    Messages:
    3,881
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    what kind of internet connection?
     
    newsposter, Jan 8, 2010
    #6