mine freezes for 2-5 minutes at a time too.

"Jovino Margathe" <gismovaliant********.com> wrote in message
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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=green]
>> 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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