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After installing three updates Windows Server 2008 R2 machine is stuck in a reboot loop.

I have tried deleting pending.xml from the Windows directory. I have also tried:

dism /image:d:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions

That command completed successfully but did not solve my issue. I then tried:

dism /image:d:\ /Remove-Package /PackageName:<Name>

and successfully removed one of the three updates.

The two updates that are left are not listed with the dism get-packages command, but are listed with the get-apppatches command. I cannot find a way to uninstall them with dism however.

How can I manually uninstall specific updates or hotfixes from within the WinRE environment?

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At what point in the startup process does the system reboot? – Paul Kroon Jun 30 '10 at 11:06
maybe it's the other way around perhaps one of the updates failed to complete and that's causing the problem – Justin Ohms Jun 30 '11 at 0:38
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I would suggest the following 1- Have you tried booting in safe mode? 2- Try using wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:(kb number) - used it WIN7, not sure if identical in server.

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safe mode and last known good configuration both suffer the reboot loop problem – Jack May 8 '10 at 20:02
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Try Last Known Good Configuration.

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safe mode and last known good configuration both suffer the reboot loop problem – Jack May 8 '10 at 20:09
Wow, last known good... why does this even exist? I mean, has it EVER worked for anyone here??? – charnley Jun 30 '11 at 0:39
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It has worked in a number of cases for me. Not a magic bullet but a simple thing to try that has worked. – Dave M Feb 14 at 14:47
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