14 DAY TRIAL // Patch Tuesday is becoming a nightmare for many users out there because some of the updates that Microsoft rolls out the second Tuesday of each month break down their computers and sometimes block them from logging into Windows to do their work.
This is the case of the May 2015 Patch Tuesday, as some of the updates that were released this month got plenty of computers stuck on a screen saying that Windows is “configuring Windows updates,” thus leaving users with no option to get back on their desktop.
Rebooting the system made no difference, booting into Safe Mode was useless too, so how could you login again into Windows despite these broken updates?
Just press CTRL + Alt + Del
At this point, nobody can tell for sure which are the updates that are causing so many problems on Windows 7, but suggestions coming from users who reportedly tried everything to get back on their desktop are pointing to a rather simple workaround.
When your computer gets stuck to the “Configuring Windows updates” screen, just press Control + Alt + Delete, and the PC should show the login screen. Updates, however, won't be installed, but at least you can continue doing your work just like before.
Needless to say, this is just a temporary workaround until Microsoft fixes the broken updates or at least provides a more effective solution, and keep in mind that, without these updates, your computer is theoretically unprotected in case of exploits.
But for the moment, this seems to be the only way to fix an issue that's impacting thousands of Windows 7 computers out there.
In case you came across a different solution, make sure you drop us a line in the comment box after the jump to help other users who are getting this error fix their computers too.