Vista reinstalled then "configuring upgrades" and stays there for

I have just reinstalled Vista. Now I get a « configuring updates » after the
first screen when Vista boots and there it stays. I read somewhere that this
will happen if two languages are installed and it may take a hour or so to
update. Several days on I am beginning to question what is happening. Can
anyone out there help?

"Henry Barnett" wrote:

FURTHER INFO: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932141/en-us This says that if
it happens wait until it finishes. If it is interrupted it will start over
again. Trouble is that the computer shuts itself down after a certain time so
that the operation is never finished. How can I stop the computer shutting
down if I cant get in to the place to change the shutdown options?