Hi,

Pretty simple really, my windows vista on my laptop (Inspiron 1520) is 
supposedly saying its 'configuring updates 3 of 3 - 0%' and doesn't get 
anywhere with it and just shuts down every time... its rendered the laptop 
unusable?

Any ideas?

Cheers!
Paul.

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Kwacker wrote:
> Pretty simple really, my windows vista on my laptop (Inspiron 1520) is
> supposedly saying its 'configuring updates 3 of 3 - 0%' and doesn't get
> anywhere with it and just shuts down every time... its rendered the laptop
> unusable? 

Hello Paul,

Give this one a whirl: <http://www.anguas.com/?p=47> 

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"Kwacker" wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Pretty simple really, my windows vista on my laptop (Inspiron 1520) is 
> supposedly saying its 'configuring updates 3 of 3 - 0%' and doesn't get 
> anywhere with it and just shuts down every time... its rendered the laptop 
> unusable?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers!
> Paul.