Hi there, my name is Sam. I hope someone out there can please give me
some help :confused:

I am running Windows Vista 64bit edition on an Asus P5Q Deluxe
motherboard, Intel Q9540 2.66gz Quadcore processor with 4gb RAM. (Please
let me know if any more info is required)
My system has been running fine for the last year and just last night
(27th June 2009) windows told me there were 3 updates that should be
installed.
I only noticed one of the update names which was Internet Explorer 8,
the other 2 were security updates or something - really not sure though.
The total of the downloaded updates was around 280mb.

Anyway... So I started installing the updates and walked away. When I
came back there was a Terms & Agreement box for Internet Explorer 8
which I agreed to. Once that finished it came back to my desktop and
said "windows needs to restart to configure the updates, please restart
now."
I was heading out for the night so I decided to just switch it off
rather then restarting it. When I switched it back on this morning it
gets to the part where the loading bar at the bottom of the screen for
Vista should appear but instead of loading Vista, the computer switches
itself off then restarts again.
This time it comes up with the "Windows was closed incorrectly please
select an option - Safe mode, Safe mode with network, Last know good
configuration or start windows normally."
I selected "start normally" to see if it would just fix itself but done
the same thing again. I went through each option including the safe mode
and last known good configuration and after loading the files for the
option it switched itself off and done the same thing again.
So.. I figure maybe I need to repair windows. I insert the original
Vista that is installed on my system into the DVD drive, restart and hit
a button when it says "hit any button to boot from DVD". It has a blank
screen for a few seconds then just shuts down and reboots again.

Failing the only 2 options for recovery I am sure about I had a little
hunt around BIOS but couldn't find anything that could help me. Except
this ASUS Splash Page which is allowing me to access the internet via
the motherboard (just a feature of my motherboard)

If anyone has encountered this problem and knows how to fix it or if
anyone has any other ideas I can try it would be greatly appreciated. I
am at a total loss of what else to do.

I hope to hear from you soon

Kind Regards
Sam


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Sjac
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