If you are unable to boot to the machine, try the following steps to revert windows update changes and check if you can boot. Follow the steps from this link to boot into Windows Recovery Environment. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Configuration for an hour, now it is saying "cleaning up do not turn off your computer".
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As you shutdown you'll notice a "Configuring Windows Should you force it down again, it will want to run check disk. Once check disk completes it will finally load into Windows All for helping someone clear out 9GB of temps and Windows Update cleanup files.
Microsoft is wonderful. They've always had the worst update system. In fact, their updating so horrible it has carried over to the Xbox console because our favorite thing to do is get home from a long day of work and then watch the Xbox update for an hour. I know, because if I go months without playing either, I will turn them on, each, once at a time, and let them download whatever they need to update with.
And should Microsoft have a large console update You're not playing that evening, may as well pop in a movie and forget about it This has been the case since Windows 95 and A Mac or Android will update circles around a Windows machine.
Ok, I had this same thing happen to a clients computer after disk cleanup on a remote session to a workstation. I forced a remote hard reset after waiting 20 minutes.
I checked the workstation and it now was at "cleaning up do not turn off your computer" a minute later it has a SSD it went to the login screen! Updates failed to install error I found this solution and it fixed the update problem!
Open Regedit 2. All is well. You may be able to remove the hard drive and Rename the SoftwareDistribution or Downloads directory using another computer, then reboot. Most of you are not part of a domain, but the key seems to be the SoftwareDistribution or just the download folder, thus breaking the update that is preventing the computer from booting all the way. Windows Recovery Environment. Afterward, you can try booting normally on your desktop. Before carrying out this process:.
Note: C: is the drive letter representing the drive where the Windows has been installed. You can replace it with the appropriate drive letter for your own Windows location. Run the troubleshooter for Windows to fix this error. Many users have attested to the fact that running Windows troubleshooter fixes the configuring Windows stuck at 35 error. Follow the steps below to run the Windows Update troubleshooter:.
In case you have tried all the above solutions and none seem to work, try this final bonus tip to see if you can fix the Windows update stuck error:. When you try to update or configure Windows updates, sometimes it malfunctions and you are faced with errors such as the Windows updates getting stuck.
This makes it impossible for you to boot normally. The solutions in this article are meant to help you out of this problem but if they do not work, there is an alternative. The alternative is to use a third-party app to recover all your vital data as they have become inaccessible. A great tool that is capable of recovering your data for you is the Recoverit Data Recovery tool. Download Recoverit Data Recovery and follow the steps below to recover your lost data from your unbootable PC:.
Three steps to using Recoverit in recovering your files will be outlined once the installation media has been created. Open your Windows BIOS setup page on the unbootable computer by pressing the hotkey for your computer. Once on this page, change the boot sequence to favor your installation media.