Press the power button again to reboot your system. Select the option to boot normally if you get a notice that the computer shut down improperly. After you signed in your Windows system, follow the steps below to check if this issue persists: On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and type windows update.
In the list of search results, select Check for updates. In the pop-up window, click Check for updates. Wait until Windows downloads and installs all the updates. Fix 3: Repair corrupted system files Windows system file corruption sometimes will also cause this issue.
To repair corrupted system files using Reimage, follow the steps below: Download Reimage. Install and launch Reimage.
Click Yes to continue. Wait for Reimage to scan your PC. This may take a few minutes. After the scanning process completed, Reimage will provide you with the PC scan summary. It's possible that failing RAM could be causing the patch installations to freeze. Fortunately, memory is really easy to test. Update BIOS. An outdated BIOS isn't a common cause for this problem, but it's possible. If one or more of the updates Windows is trying to install is involved with how Windows works with your motherboard or other built-in hardware, a BIOS update could solve the issue.
Do a clean install of Windows. A clean install involves completely erasing the hard drive that Windows is installed on and then installing Windows again from scratch on that same hard drive.
Obviously you don't want to do this if you don't have to, but it's a very likely fix if the steps prior to this one were unsuccessful. It might seem likely that reinstalling Windows, and then these same exact Windows updates, will cause the same problem, but that isn't usually what happens. Since most lockup issues caused by updates by Microsoft are actually software conflicts, a clean install of Windows, followed promptly by the installation of all available updates, usually results in a perfectly working computer.
If updates are stuck installing on or just after Patch Tuesday the second Tuesday of the month , see our Details on the Latest Patch Tuesday piece for more on these specific patches. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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Rebooting the computer in Safe Mode will avoid the normal rebooting process. However, check first if the computer can do the rebooting in Safe Mode. It will ask to log on, and that is where the repair will begin.
Fixing the entire operating system can be done through the Advanced Startup Options menu. It has Startup Settings which includes Safe Mode, among the startup methods. It should automatically appear after two startup errors. On the contrary, if it needs to be opened manually, then the following ways help do so:. This is the easiest way so far.
Long press the Shift key while searching Restart from the Power icon and wait until the Advanced Startup Options menu opens. To do it:. So, to detect and eliminate any such disk errors you can run a ChkDisk Scan. I have a similar problem, but not the same, i also get "preparing to congigure I got my laptop from my grandparents. It won't stop. I tried multiple days and hours without anything happening.
It's just stuck and won't change. I just had the same problem and the Update screen had been on for almpst an hour. I've waited for like 1 whole day for the reverting update thing but sadly Im still stuck on it From Nigeria. Hi, I just bought myself a new HP laptop from Argos in my home city of Dublin, Ireland on last Saturday and there is a problem with it. It gets stuck on the screen saying, "Preparing to configure Windows.
Don't turn off your computer" when I selected restart and it won't restart. It takes a very long time to configure Windows. I've been waiting for about an hour. It's really weird. I am very worried and stressed about it. My new laptop is 2 days old and its doing this? Im getting my dollars back refund dumb idiots who make laptops.
Hello, my computer is stuck on configuring please do not turn off computer! Have experienced this issue on computer that Windows 7 installed on for 6 years when installing May updates. Left computer on for approximately 9. Appears to be just another Microsoft issue with installation of updates on some computers.
My lap top is preparing confiugre windows more than 12 hours and it do not shut down. Please tell me a solution. I've been waiting for like the whole day but it's still like that. It restarts and goes to configuring again. By the way I think his PC is still using Windows 7.
I'm afraid that he will scold me. What should I do? You can contact a certified technician if the solution provided did not solve your problem. There may be other issues. Its not doing anything!
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