update not configuring

after downloading and installing automatic updates, my computer now just says:-
configuring updates: 1 0f 3. 0% complete.
do not turn off computer.
it has now been sitting like this for 4 hours, and i cannot do anything with
it.
any help would be appreciated

See the MORE INFORMATION section of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949358
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steve the greb wrote:
> after downloading and installing automatic updates, my computer now just
> says:- configuring updates: 1 0f 3. 0% complete.
> do not turn off computer.
> it has now been sitting like this for 4 hours, and i cannot do anything
> with
> it.
> any help would be appreciated