Preparing to Configure Windows - Do Not Turn Off Your Computer
My organization released the following patches via WSUS to my Windows 7 Enterprise Edition workstation, which installed them at 3:00 AM this morning: Update for Microsoft Office Outlook, KB2412171 Update for Windows 7, KB2454826 Update for Windows 7, KB2264107 Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter, KB2483110 Security Update for Windows 7, KB2419640, MS11-002 Update for Windows 7, KB976902 Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - January 2011, KB890830 This morning when I got to work, my machine presented a screen that said: Stage 2 of 2 Preparing to configure Windows Do not turn off your computer I waited about 15 minutes for the screen to go away, but I finally powered my computer off and on. The computer came up just fine (after reporting that it had been shut down improperly, of course). Three other machines in our WSUS test group (which receives patches for testing prior to production deployment) experienced the same issue. I want to determine which patch caused the problem as we need to release, at the very least, this month's two new security updates (MS11-001 & MS11-002) to our production network. What are your recommendations for finding the culprit?
January 12th, 2011 4:29pm

Hi, That’s hard to say which patches cause this problem. But you can try to login with Safe Mode, and go to “Programs and Features”, click “installed updates”, then to reinstall the updates one by one to find the root cause. Hope it helps. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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January 13th, 2011 1:50am

Update for Windows 7, KB2454826 Update for Windows 7, KB2264107 I want to determine which patch caused the problem as we need to release, at the very least, this month's two new security updates (MS11-001 & MS11-002) to our production network. What are your recommendations for finding the culprit? one of these 2 updates."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
January 13th, 2011 10:16am

Thanks Leo and Andre. Leo, I'm following your technique and reinstalling one by one. Andre, so far KB2454826 and KB2419640 have uninstalled and reinstalled without problem. KB2264107 did hang for over an hour when reinstalling, though. I'm going to test the others, but I think this is the culprit.
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January 13th, 2011 12:07pm

same issue on Windows 7 64 bit. Have not seen the issue on Windows 7 32 bit Patches in common (may help cut down testing). 2264107 2419640 <--- ruled out by Ignatius 2454826 <--- ruled out by Ignatius 890830 976902
January 13th, 2011 2:02pm

We are seeing the problem as well, but replication has been challenging. In a VM, we had it reoccur once but not again, on a real PC with rollback features, it occurs about 80% of the time. After watching it closely, after STAGE 2of 2, the CTRL-ALT-DEL screen appears for a second, then it reverts back to STAGE 2 of 2 indefinately. A CTRL-ALT-DEL actually brings us immediately back to the logon screen without having to power off and on the computer, but user confusion would have them call support or power off hard, so we have to find a solution. We have been working for some time to isolate but since it is not repeatable, it takes many tests to ensure we have the culprit. We will post back if we can isolate as well. Good luck...
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January 13th, 2011 2:05pm

KB2264107 did hang for over an hour when reinstalling, though. I'm going to test the others, but I think this is the culprit. I have no idea why this update takes so long.I installed this update some times ago and had no issue."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
January 13th, 2011 3:33pm

Staples123 - I'm checking with my testers to see if their machines were 32-bit or 64-bit. I'll reply shortly. Andre - Did you experience the long installation time when you installed the re-issued KB2264107 update?
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January 13th, 2011 4:28pm

Andre - Did you experience the long installation time when you installed the re-issued KB2264107 update? No. When I installed the v1 the installation was fast and the same for v2. I have no idea why it happens for you. Which 3rd software do you and the 2 others use? Maybe you all use a software (maybe an antivirus tool?) which causes it."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
January 13th, 2011 4:38pm

I am running Sophos Antivirus. Any others running Sophos?
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January 13th, 2011 4:47pm

I run NOD32 and don't have it. So lets wait from a response of the 2 other users who have the same issue."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
January 13th, 2011 4:58pm

We use neither. We have been playing with combinations of this months patches and are trying to narrow it down. We know that it is none of the critical, high, or important updates as we can consistently deploy those without issue. As I said in my previous thread, we are having trouble consistently reproducing the problem. Our gut feel is that the problem is a combination effect. In any case, our decision is to split up deployment and deploy what needs to be deployed and research the rest. Again, good look and I'll post when we isolate if I don't see a resolution before we find one.
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January 13th, 2011 8:02pm

I wanted to post my findings regarding testing each patch via an uninstall and reinstall: Update for Microsoft Office Outlook (KB2412171), - No issue Update for Windows 7 (KB2454826) - No issue Update for Windows 7 (KB2264107) - Issue - Long time going down for restart after patch removal Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB2483110) - No issue Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2419640) - No issue - Slight delay on reboot after uninstall Update for Windows 7 (KB976902) - Can't uninstall Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - January 2011 (KB890830) - Can't uninstall My plan is to deploy all patches to production except for KB2264107.
January 14th, 2011 9:22am

install the KB2264107 separated from the others."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
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January 14th, 2011 10:45am

Andre - I've done so and my machine hung for over an hour after removing the patch. Staples123 - The test machines were all 32-bit.
January 14th, 2011 11:17am

this is strange. MS provides free support for WindowsUpdate issues. So try to contact the MS support about it."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
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January 14th, 2011 11:46am

32 Bit (Dell) Hung this morning when the following were installed: KB890830 KB976902 KB915597 KB2419640 KB2483110 KB2264107 KB2425826 KB2412171 I rebooted and it came up fine. No obvious events logged.
January 14th, 2011 12:27pm

We are experiencing the same issue, all Windows 7 x64 clients hanging at Stage 3 of 3 of Windows Update after a reboot. The following updates were released via SCCM 2007 R2: KB976902 KB890830 KB2483110 KB2467659 KB2454826 KB2443685 KB2442962 KB2436673 KB2433299 KB2423089 KB2419640 KB2416400 KB2413186 KB2412171 KB2409055 KB2385678 KB2305420 KB2296199 KB2289078 KB2288931 KB2284697 KB2264107 Have taken out KB2264107 from our updates deployment after reading this thread and the issue remains so I am disregarding this one. One final note, if we press Ctrl + Alt + Del once the machine sits at the Stage 3 of 3 - Configuring Machine for updates then the logon screen is shown.
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January 16th, 2011 7:44pm

Hi Loyola, That’s seems your issue related with KB2264107. Please go to Safe Mode and remove it for test. This is the information about KB 2264107: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2264107 Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
January 16th, 2011 8:39pm

Hi, Usually when your pc have issue after Windows Update, you can perform a system restore first, then install update packages one by one to troubleshoot which package cause the issue. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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January 16th, 2011 8:44pm

I experienced this this morning with 2 laptops. I let the laptop I was setting up for a new user just sit there for about 2 hours and it was sitting at the preparing portion. After seeing posts here that stated I could just restart it and it would work fine I pressed CTRL+ALT+DEL and it actually brought me to the login screen and asked for my password. I was able to login and it showed updates had been applied(the ones mentioned above). After a restart from the start menu I was able to bring it up normally. So maybe it's just not bringing up the normal login screen but when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL it wakes it up? Anyone else seen this?
January 17th, 2011 11:38am

After releasing updates to my production network, many Windows 7 machines experienced the "Preparing to configure Windows. Do not turn off your computer" message. I did not release KB2264107. I am back to the drawing board and am not sure which update caused the issue. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL when presented with the message has reportedly allowed many users to see the login prompt. Other users, though, had to hard restart their machines.
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January 18th, 2011 3:32pm

Hi, The problem may happens if certain installed program is not compatible with installed updates. Usually we can use system restore to solve this kind of problem. I suggest to install these updates one by one to make sure which update cause this incompatibility issue. These similar thread maybe helpful to you: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/vistawu/thread/db3e836c-7e3a-4403-837f-a776fa3b4ef6 http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/99a1e8f6-5939-43f4-b884-1b48f85555fa http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/f0bf7db8-d667-4257-9ad0-edd82dc6b9bd Hope that helps. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
January 18th, 2011 9:44pm

Hi Leo, Since my systems are all up and running, I don't need to go back in time via System Restore. I have tried the method of removing all updates and reinstalling (see earlier in this thread). The only update that reproduced the issue was KB2264107. After declining the update in WSUS, production machines still encountered the issue when receiving other updates. As my efforts to reproduce the issue were fruitless, I'm looking for other suggestions. I have opened a case with Microsoft: SRX1147235517 Thanks, Ignatius
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January 19th, 2011 12:07pm

I have opened a case with Microsoft: this is the only solution which helps. We can't fix this. It would be nice if you can report what was thew cause and the fix for the issue."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
January 19th, 2011 3:20pm

Andre, Will do. Appreciate the assistance! Ignatius
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January 19th, 2011 3:55pm

I have to agree with you Ignatius, We run an Enterprise level of service and are managing machines in more than 100 sites around the world hence System Restore has no real place in our environment, our only hope is that we can identify a true fix to the problem. As with Andre, I am eager to see what Microsoft have to say about the issue. Cheers Tony
January 19th, 2011 4:51pm

Getting the same thing here. Updates pushed out overnight by SCCM 2007 R3. I'm pushing out : Update for Windows 7 (KB976902) Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB976902) Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2412171) Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB2483110) Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726), 64-Bit Edition Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726), 32-Bit Edition Update for Windows 7 (KB2454826) Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - January 2011 (KB890830) Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - January 2011 (KB890830) Security Update for Windows XP (KB2419632) Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2454826) Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2419640) Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2419640) Had three reports so far, all on Win7 32bit with NOD32 Anti Virus. In all three cases just pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del has cleared the message and presented our normal login screen and everything appears normal. SCCM says over 600 workstations patched so far so only 3 reports is pretty good but it would be nice to identify the cause. I did not get it in any of my test patch runs.
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January 19th, 2011 9:49pm

I had a number of Windows 7 x86 Enterprise systems hang after applying the January 2011 updates. Updates were deployed using SCCM 2007 SP2 R2. Systems hung after rebooting stage 3. Pressing ctrl+alt+del would present the logon screen, but the systems were somewhat unstable until a reboot. Removed 976902 from my patch package, and I haven't been able to reproduce the issue since.
January 20th, 2011 1:47pm

Hi Ignatius, You can try the suggestion mentioned by General_Zod, exclude KB976902 and see if the same issue occurs. Hope that helps. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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January 20th, 2011 8:39pm

The same thing happened to me today as well on a Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit laptop. But as General_Zod mentioned above I actually got to the logon screen after pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. Also as suggested above I rebooted once more afterwards and everything seems to run just fine so far. Just for information, here are the two updates I was installing: - Update for Windows 7 (KB976902) - Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2419640)
January 21st, 2011 6:35am

Hi Ignatius, Did your issue solved? Please feel free to give me any update. Thanks for your cooperation! Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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January 27th, 2011 8:47pm

Hi Ignatius, I will mark your reply as answer. It could help other communities here who have the same issue. Thanks for your understanding, Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
January 30th, 2011 8:43pm

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