Vista configuring updates on nearly every restart/boot

Hi,

Thanks to anyone who can help.

I am running Vista business with sp1 on a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E8420.
Most times I shut down or reboot Vista configures updates. This has been
happening for nearly a week now. These updates are not new updates becuase
nothing gets added to the list of installed updates. Windows update is not
showing updates as having failed either. I have seen a post that suggested
stopping the update service, deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder and
rebooting but this has not solved the problem. I also saw something about a
deleting a pending.xml file from the WinSXS folder but no such file exists.

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tricky300 wrote:
> I am running Vista business with sp1 on a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E8420.
> Most times I shut down or reboot Vista configures updates. This has been
> happening for nearly a week now. These updates are not new updates becuase
> nothing gets added to the list of installed updates. Windows update is not
> showing updates as having failed either. I have seen a post that suggested
> stopping the update service, deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder and
> rebooting but this has not solved the problem. I also saw something about
> a
> deleting a pending.xml file from the WinSXS folder but no such file
> exists.

hello
i know this won't help you but i have the exact same problem on my hp
6830s laptop. funny is that it is not even connected to any networks,
so it isn't getting new updates from anywhere... it still installs
upadates on verey second or third restart...
i'm looking for the answer too.