Nici Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 I wonder if you can help me.... You know when you go to shut down your computer and sometimes there are updates being installed and it says do not turn of your computer, update 1of 1 being installed? Well on Friday night I turned on my computer and it said: Configuring updates Stage 3 of 3 - 0% complete, Do not turn off your computer. This message had been there for about 2 hours when I decided to go to bed and leave it running. When I got up in the morning my normal log in page was there and the message gone. However when I turned my computer on on Sunday the same message was there and it finally cleared itself after 7 and a half hours and returned to my log in page. And then today it was there again and once again cleared itself after a few hours. It also keeps shutting itself down during this message and I can't access my computer whilst this message is on the screen. Do you have any ideas how to get rid of it and use my computer please? It's driving me mad!! I have changed my updates to manual and have emailed Microsoft but no reply yet.... Oh and nearly forgot, i'm using Vista. Thanks. Quote
happyanddandy Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 That's unusual Nici - can't help you I'm afraid - is Beef about? Quote
Echo Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 You could change your settings to cancel automatic updates. Personally, I never allow any program on my computer to automatically update. I do it myself about once a week (or my boyfriend does it...he's the computer whiz). Quote
~Andrea~ Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 Is it because you're computer is running slowly? Does it need defragmenting or deleting old files? Quote
Nici Posted February 19, 2008 Author Posted February 19, 2008 HandD - Beef is stumped as well! Echo - I have done that now, but it hasn't helped. FishandChips - Thats a good point, I will check that! Thanks guys! Quote
angerball Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 Nici - try here. A lot of people are having this problem. Someone suggested the following: "Depending on your version place any 32 or 64 bit VISTA dvd in your computer and reboot it. Boot from the DVD ROM Select restore from a previous restore point The first two restore points available to me failed. i had to go back 3 days before i found one that worked for me. After that, manually attempt to download and install the update that was giving you issue. i simply disabled automatic updates until i can find out more about why this even happened." I haven't read the rest, but there's 7 pages on there - hopefully someone will have the solution. Quote
Nici Posted February 19, 2008 Author Posted February 19, 2008 That's great, thanks Angerball, I'll have a look now! I didn't dare turn my laptop off last night as I was too scared it would happen again when I turned it on..... Quote
Michelle Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 If this happens to anyone else, this makes interesting reading. Quote
happyanddandy Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 I know there is another thread re computers but can't find it right now. Probably an easy question for those in the know - does my Macafee Internet Security cover all computers in my house that are connected wirelessly? If not do I have pay separately for the laptops? Quote
Michelle Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 Nope, it will only cover the computer it's installed on. As for paying, you need to check the licence.. some allow you to use it on more than one pc, most make you pay for each one. ETA: The current one seems to cover 3 pcs. Quote
Karen1 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I could have sworn there was a computer help related thread somewhere but after searching for it I couldn Quote
Janet Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I can't help, I'm afraid, but I did have problems with LJ yesterday and the day before. I kept getting timed out. When I eventually did get on, I had to log in again (normally it remembers me), so perhaps it's the site rather than your computer? Oh, and I use Firefox. Have you tried a different browser from your usual one? Quote
Bronwen Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Well my internet is fine but both of these sites are failing to work for me too. Perhaps they are having problems and it's nothing to do with anything at your end? Quote
Michelle Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Both sites seem ok for me. It might be interesting to know which ISP you all use, in case it is a problem with them...? Quote
Karen1 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Ooh that's interesting that some other people are having problems with WP and LJ, makes me feel a bit better that it's not just me. Oh, and I use Firefox. Have you tried a different browser from your usual one? I use Internet Explorer 7 and always have done so I don't think it's that as such as I've never had any problems with it before. Both sites seem ok for me. It might be interesting to know which ISP you all use, in case it is a problem with them...? I use Orange Broadband and have had numerous problems with it over the past year or so, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was them. Hopefully it will fix itself, but hopefully sooner rather than later as I need my blog! Quote
happyanddandy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Karen - I have Orange Broadband too - you have my sympathies - they are terrible Quote
Karen1 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Karen - I have Orange Broadband too - you have my sympathies - they are terrible To be fair most of the time it's okay, but every now and again it cuts off and can be down for a few hours (if we're lucky) or in some cases a few days. Everytime it's down for a long period of time we think about changing but then it comes back on and it's perfectly fine and to be honest it seems like too much of a bother changing, so we don't. But it is annoying and the people at the call centre helpline are a nightmare. It doesn't help that they're on the other side of the world and English isn't their first language! Anyway hopefully my current problems are just a minor blip which will fix itself. Quote
Nici Posted June 26, 2008 Author Posted June 26, 2008 Karen, like Michelle said it sounds like your ISP. I had the very same problem with AOL which is why I moved in the end. Quote
happyanddandy Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 To be fair most of the time it's okay, but every now and again it cuts off and can be down for a few hours (if we're lucky) or in some cases a few days. Everytime it's down for a long period of time we think about changing but then it comes back on and it's perfectly fine and to be honest it seems like too much of a bother changing, so we don't. But it is annoying and the people at the call centre helpline are a nightmare. It doesn't help that they're on the other side of the world and English isn't their first language! Anyway hopefully my current problems are just a minor blip which will fix itself. That is exactly what happens to us and can be a nightmare for the kids with homework sometimes - when you call up they deny any problem and say it's your system but then it all comes back on. I think they do that so you don't claim back from them. Karen do threaten to change and they will give you a month free!! But then you deserve it for the sheer inconvenience. Quote
beef Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 could the people with problems please do the following and paste back the results as it sounds like it may be a dns thing. click start, then run, type cmd and hit enter, a black command prompt will appear , type ping livejournal.com and tell me the results then type ping 204.9.177.18 and again put the results in this thread. Quote
Karen1 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Beef - I've done all that. Do you need me to type out all the info that comes up in that black box thing, or will a screencap do? Quote
Karen1 Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Sorry it took me longer because I couldn't gain access to photobucket. Anyway here we are...click here. No idea what any of it means, but it looks impressive. Quote
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