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As I posted in this related link (whats causing the update loop): http://www.msfn.org/board/whats-causing-th...713#entry799713 removing these two services may cause infinite reboots if the roll-back feature of the updates does not work. I sure nuhi will tell us what's changed that now causes these services to be needed for proper windows update functioning. (Maybe MS changed something in the windows update engine??) Take care, Gary

If the infinite loop occurs after installing numerous windows updates, check to see if you removed the ipsec policy agent and windows remote mgt services. I intentionally removed them as previously they were not needed with Vlite v.1.1.6 and did a virtual os install, updated the system with 25 windows updates and the infinite loop occurred. Then I redid my Vista Ultimate iso adding back ipsec policy agent and windows remote management, reinstalled, did the 25 updates and no problems. Interestingly I have the policy agent service disabled in the services configuration section as by default it is set to automatic. I left the windows remote management service left in the default manual setting as it never starts. I guess the operating system either needs the files associated with one or both of these services even if they never run. I didn't go so far with the experiment to see if one of the services could be removed as Vlite v1.2 now says Windows Update needs both. I hope this helps with your problem. Gary

I was having the same problem with KB955302. It wouldn't install & sometimes put the computer in the infinite reboot loop. Did a reinstall last night adding back in the wlan support and no more problems. Hope this helps, Gary Last_Session.ini

Been using vlite for awhile to "chop" Vista down to size. Oscillated between x64 and x86 several times, but due to several compatability issues finally opted for the x86 version. Have vlited Vista Ultimate SP1. Previously with Vista RTM I was able to successfully apply the monthly Windows Updates after the OS was vlited. Now with an MSDN subsription version of Vista Ultimate SP1 that has components removed using VLite, all Windows Updates fail (except the mrt tool). Due to my expermentation with x64 I haven't had the OS on long enough to try Windows Updates since RTM, so backtracking to find out what missing component is causing the failure would be difficult. Manually downloading the failed .msu updates and installing failed as well. Any assistance would be most appeciated, as I would hate to have to run the full version of Vista in order to be able to properly install monthly security updates. Thanks, Gary Last_Session.ini

Nuhi, Reinstalled Vista Ultimate a little while ago using Vlite 1.1 Final and no problem refreshing WEI. Vlite wasn't the problem. I had deleted a *.prx file from \windows folder which caused the problem. Thanks for a great product. Gary

Been working with all the releases of vlite through 1.1RC. Have used it with Vista Ultimate. Only problem is WEI. It does the initial assessment fine and gives me a score, but if I try to refresh it, say, after a driver update, it gives an error and then the score turns from blue to gray and says "Windows Experience Index is unrated". It won't update the \windows\performance\winsat\datastore\*.xml file. I've even tried to run WinSAT from a command prompt using the various documented switches with the same results. I don't think I removed anything that WinSAT needs as it does one assessment fine. And I haven't used TweakVista as I've seen the posts concerning some registry values affecting WEI. Here's my last session.ini file: ; vLite preset file [information] Version = 1.1 RC on 2.0.50727.1433 Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6000.0 Target = Windows Vista ULTIMATE 32-bit - 6.0.6000.16386 - English (United States) [Compatibility] Aero Glass Internet Explorer [Components] ;# Accessories # Accessibility Mobility Center Snipping Tool Speech Support System Information Welcome Center Windows Sidebar and Gadgets ;# Drivers # Diva Server Modems Printers-Apollo Printers-Brother Printers-Canon Printers-Citizen Printers-Dell Printers-Diconix Printers-Epson Printers-Fuji Xerox Printers-Fujitsu Printers-Generic printer Printers-Gestetner Printers-IBM Printers-Infotec Printers-Konica Printers-Konica Minolta Printers-Kyocera Mita Printers-Lanier Printers-Lexmark Printers-Minolta Printers-Minolta-QMS Printers-NEC Printers-NRG Printers-Oce Printers-Oki Printers-Okidata Printers-Olivetti Printers-Panasonic Printers-QMS Printers-Ricoh Printers-Samsung Printers-Savin Printers-Seikosha Printers-Sharp Printers-Sony Printers-Star Printers-Tally Printers-Tektronix Printers-Wipro ePeripherals Printers-Xerox QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter Scanners ;# Games # Game Explorer Inbox Games Premium Inbox Games ;# Hardware Support # Dynamic Volume Manager Fax Support Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Modem Support Smartcards Windows Image Acquisition Windows Mobile Device Center Windows Portable Devices WLAN Support ;# Languages # Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Table Driven Text Input Processor Traditional Chinese ;# Multimedia # Media Center Movie and DVD Maker Music and Video samples Sample Pictures Screensavers Shell event sounds SideShow Sound Recorder Windows Calendar Windows Photo Gallery ;# Network # Connect to a Network Projector Internet Information Services (IIS) MSN Installer Network and Sharing Center Windows Collaboration Windows Mail ;# Services # Computer Browser Error Reporting IPsec Policy Agent Microsoft DFS Replication Offline Files Remote Registry Secondary Logon Universal Plug and Play (UPNP) WebDAV (WebClient) Windows Remote Management Windows Search Windows Time ;# System # Beep BitLocker Drive Encryption Disk Quota Help IMAPIv2 Burning Support Jet Database Engine Malicious Software Removal Tool Manual Install (Setup.exe) MDAC Microsoft Agent Natural Language Remote Differential Compression Security Center Sync Center Tablet PC Windows Backup Windows Defender Windows Easy Transfer Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw) [Options] DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default User Account Control (UAC) = Enabled AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default AutoPlay = Enabled Paging Executive = Enabled Power scheme = High performance Hibernation = Off Memory requirement = Default Control Panel - Classic View = Enabled Show hidden files and folders = Yes Show protected operating system files = Yes Show extensions for known file types = No IE Phishing Filter = Disabled IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Disabled [Protection] [Drivers] [unattended] SpecRegional AcceptEULA SkipNewUser SkipProductKey SkipAutoActivation NetworkLoc = 1 ProtectPC = 1 [Hotfixes] D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\IE7-KB942615.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB925902.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929399.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929735.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929777-v2.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB929916.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB930178.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB931213.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB931573.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB933729.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB933928.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB935509.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB935807-v2.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936021.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936357.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936824.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB936825.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938127.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938194.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938952.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB938979.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB939159.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941568.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941600-USBRollup.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941644.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB941649-v2.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB942624.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB942763.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943078.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943302.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943411.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\KB943899.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\WMP-KB941569.msu D:\Backup\Self-Ext\Microsoft\WinVista\Integrate\WMP-KB941651.msu [LanguagePacks] Could it be one of the services I removed? I paid extra attention to the last .iso I made and I leave the component dependency check turned on. Any assistance would be most welcome. Thanks, Gary ;^)