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Vista SP1 Update Locks Out Some Users

Posted by kdawson on from the lather-rinse-repeat dept.

Echostorm writes with word that Windows Vista SP1, which began rolling out via Automatic Update, has left some users' machines unbootable. The update loops forever on "Configuring updates: Stage 3 of 3 — 0% complete. Do not turn off your computer." "Shutting down"... restart and loop. Echostorm notes having found traces of what sounds like the same bug in early beta releases of SP1. It's unclear how many users are affected. So far there is no word on a fix from Microsoft.

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  1. You can't make this stuff up. by kellyb9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They actually DO beta test their software, right??????????

    1. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      WE actually DO beta test their software, right??????????

      There, I fixed that for you.

    2. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by Fred_A · · Score: 5, Funny

      They actually DO beta test their software, right?????????? They did test it in .au and even did a survey to see what people thought of it.
      Oddly enough everybody thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
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    3. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by CSMatt · · Score: 2, Funny

      Score:0, Insightful

      Only on Slashdot.

    4. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by CSMatt · · Score: 4, Funny

      You must be ne...

      Oh wait. Never mind.

    5. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ya know, that's Aussieland. Sliced bread was introduced last year there.

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    6. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by cayenne8 · · Score: 4, Funny
      "I'm not the author of the grandparent post, but the constant spew of memes only adds to the overall noise and lack of actual content. I don't see how something that is chanted 500 times is still funny. It becomes trite, expected, and tired."

      In Soviet Russia, memes spew you....

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    7. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by rrohbeck · · Score: 2, Funny

      >Now how many times has this happened to people updating Windows?

      Never.

      So far my systems always BSOD'd when an automatic update went wrong.

      Seriously, maybe they're just catching kernel errors, reboot and retry now.

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    8. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by OrbNobz · · Score: 2, Funny

      Whippersnappers!
      Fetch me my reading glasses... what? they're on my face you say?

    9. Re:You can't make this stuff up. by Elvii · · Score: 2, Funny

      My lawn's grown old an died..

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  2. Taking a leaf out of apple's book? by KublaiKhan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know that they're said to have copied the concept of a GUI from apple (who, yes, stole it from PARC) but I didn't think Microsoft would follow the iBrick update also.

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  3. SP1 prevents Vista from booting? by goldspider · · Score: 5, Funny

    So in other words, it IS an improvement!

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    1. Re:SP1 prevents Vista from booting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      SP2 will uninstall and install a XP pro with the name Vista Deja vu edition

  4. Win a T-Shirt! by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 5, Funny


    Q: Vista SP1 gets locks up the machines after update.

    A: [x] Fiction (wins a T-Shirt)
        [ ] Fact (truth but no T-Shirt to you bad boy.)

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  5. Lucky! by Grandiloquence · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're lucky! When it finishes booting, it kicks your dog and sends kiddie porn to all the contacts in your address book!

  6. Vista is imitating Apple Again! by TrippTDF · · Score: 4, Funny

    this time, it's with "One Infinite Loop"

  7. Ye who lack faith by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Eventually the loop will stop, and the installation will complete. But only if you BELIEVE!

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  8. Don't Panic!!!! by molex333 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft will be releasing a worm to fix this problem early next week!

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  9. Brick?!? by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry. I can't believe I read a summary about a computer problem without it being called "bricking". What the hell is wrong with the world?!?

    1. Re:Brick?!? by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hmm... it feels like there is some subliminal message hidden in there somewhere, but I just can't find it...

      Anyway, who cares? I suddenly feel like it's time to can Windows altogether and finally do the switch to Linux.

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  10. Re:Regression testing, people by porkThreeWays · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously guys, seriously.

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  11. Re:Regression testing, people by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's your imagination if they ever seemed like they were IN control.

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  12. Re:ROFLMAO by BoomerSooner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has safe mode ever worked?

  13. Re:Regression testing, people by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it my imagination or does MS seem more and more like a software organization that is out of control?

    The problem is clearly your imagination. MS has a complete and total grasp on the situation. Their sales rep told me so.

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  14. Repair disk fixes vista problem by BroadbandBradley · · Score: 4, Funny

    you can download a disk image, boot from the disk, and start being productive. It's a proven fix that worked for me.

    Vista Repair Disk

    I used it as soon as I started having problems with Vista on a new work computer and it's been smooth sailing ever since.
     

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  15. Somewhat reminds me. . . by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    of the situation years ago when a patch went that killed ones network connection. The solution from Microsoft? Download a new patch to correct the situation.

    Um, yeah.

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  16. Re:ROFLMAO by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has safe mode ever worked? Yes, but it was called DOS back then.
  17. Re:ROFLMAO by Fred_A · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only thing I can confirm so far is yep, Safe Mode don't work. Oh I don't know, a machine stuck in an infinite loop sounds quite safe to me.
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  18. Re:Popping Sound by Bob9113 · · Score: 4, Funny

    a machine that looked exactly the same but now made poping noises.

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  19. Re:I hate Slashdot yellow journalism by hyades1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll buy Vista SP1 blowing up some poor bastard's computer and killing his dog, but sleeping with his wife? With or without the suggestively named "Service Pack", Vista is much too lame to bone a guy's wife.

    It would be so busy phoning home to make sure sex with a real, live woman wasn't forbidden by Sony or some other DRM-Monster, wifey would be off banging XXXP Pro while Vista was still issuing safe download warnings.

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  20. Re:It's not on windows update by Guspaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haven't you been listening to Apple Legal? It's obvious why that one didn't show up on the front page. Macs don't have any bugs, so any user experiencing that problem obviously did something wrong. Their lawyers said so.