vista won't start after update

[Guest gorm.the.old]

i'm actually not sure what the heck happened to my computer -- i think it

downloaded updates automatically and restarted itself, or it might have

restarted when i dropped my book on the keyboard. but anyway as it was

restarting it said "installing updates" and the login screen came up ok but

when i logged in the desktop did not appear. the taskbar appeared and when i

moused over it i saw the eternal spinning circle, and if i clicked on

anything it said "windows explorer is not responding." i tried rebooting 3

times, finally i booted in safe mode and it works but cannot run all the

programs. would love some help here! thaaaanks.

 

note: there are no system restore points saved on my machine. and i don't

have the original windows disk.

[Guest jerryferreira@cox.net]

I too have the exact same problem. It's got something to do with the

recent update.

 

I fortunately had a system restore point and restored it to the point

just before the updates.

 

I wish I knew how to help you and your computer.

 

Jerry