I see..probably you've just installed major update (read that, a lot of
updates) for vista, and depending on your computer specification (that is,
RAM and CPU) it does take a while to configure new updates..

"Manuel" <Manuel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It's about 20 minutes...
>
> "Jovino Margathe" wrote:
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>> how long do you mean by "eternally"? minutes? hours?
>>
>> "Manuel" <Manuel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A7A6EA95-B856-42E5-8650-75DDD938A189@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Does anyone know when Microsoft will release a patch for this?
>> >
>> > My new Toshiba Satellite came with Windows Vista Home Premium
>> > pre-installed.
>> > I didn't had any problems until the second time I ran Windows Update
>> >
>> > The first time I only installed critical updates, and after the reboot,
>> > everything looked fine.
>> >
>> > However the second time, I installed the others updates and after the
>> > reboot
>> > Vista hanged up, eternally showing the loading message "please wait..."
>> > :( :(
>> >
>> > I had to manually reboot, enter Safe Mode and restore the system... Now
>> > I've
>> > disabled Windows Update until future news.
>> >
>> > It seems that I'm not the only one with this problem.... any
>> > suggestions?
>> >
>> > thanks![/color]
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