Windows Vista Endless Reboot after Upgrade (2009)

It seems the old Febuary 2008 "Endless Reboot" issue is affecting some Vista users again with the latest Microsoft updates. I have not been hands-on with one of the victims, so can only offer some advice from the web.

The "Tech Support Forum" has some advice, see the 4th post on this thread and also a more rambling and technical discussion here at BleepingComputer.com.

The thrust seems to be the need to rename the pending.xml file in c:\windows\winsxs\ from the command line.

Another possibility would to boot a live Linux or BartsPE XP from the CD drive and attempt to change this file. I am not sure how permissions will go though without trying it.

Regards, Phil Stephens