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Their Windows 10 laptop got stuck on shutting down screen. That’s a weird one because you don’t know quite what to do. Most users simply waited it out only to find it was a waste of time. I had this same issue - Win10 Pro, build 1803, stuck at 'just a moment' forever, during the OOBE process, after a sysprep. The reason was the SetupComplete.cmd script, mentioned here in the Microsoft documentation for manufacturers: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/add-a-custom-script-to-windows-setup. However, some issues might happen, for example, Windows 10 Reset this PC button not working, Windows 10 reset stuck 99%, 66%, 33%, 12%, 8%, 1%, Windows 10 reset stuck just a moment, etc. Here is a picture on Windows 10 factory reset black screen: Usually, resetting this PC will take a few minutes; you can wait patiently.

'My HP laptop is sort of getting stuck in what's called automatic repair. I tried to start the PC and it first showed preparing for automatic repair and then said 'automatic repair couldn't repair your PC' with Log file c /windows/system32/logfiles/srt/srttrail.txt. I restarted it several times and ended up with the same 'preparing automatic repair' windows.'

Automatic repair loop usually happens on Windows 10 PC, while automatic repair loop on Windows 8 is also reported by a considerable amount of users. When running into preparing automatic repair loop on Windows 10/8, you may see the following error messages:

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  • Windows 10 automatic repair failed. log file c /windows/system32/logfiles/srt/srttrail.txt

  • Windows 10 Your PC did not start correctly

  • bootrec.exe /fixboot access denied



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No matter what error you are seeing, you've encountered Windows 10 frozen issue, so you can fix Windows 10/8 automatic repair loop with solutions in this post.

  • How to Fix Automatic Repair Loop in Windows 10/8.1/8
    1. Restart Your PC
    2. Perform Command Prompt
    3. Disable Early Launch Anti-malware Protection
    4. Restore Windows Registry
    5. Delete the Problematic File
    6. System Restore & Data Recovery

What Is Automatic Repair Loop and Why Does It Happen?

Automatic Repair is Windows' own repair tool that is available on Windows 10/8. The tool is designed to launch automatically when a start-up problem comes up on Windows system.

Normally, by running Automatic Repair, Windows diagnoses the start-up problem (missing or corrupt system files, drivers, registry settings, etc.), fix it and then restart the PC automatically. But when Windows didn't shut down properly, it gets into automatic repair loop. For example, if your PC powered off improperly because of a power outage, system crash, data in the registry could be incomplete and corrupt, which lead to the automatic repair loop.

So to prevent your Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo, Surface automatic repair loop in the future, you may want to avoid force quit Windows.


How to Fix Automatic Repair Loop in Windows 10/8.1/8


1. Restart Your PC

Sometimes, your PC gets stuck at automatic repair loop or is attempting repair forever because Windows thinks that there is a problem with your PC while there is not, so you may just restart the PC.

Step 1 Restart the PC and keep pressing F8 to get it into Windows Boot Manager.



Step 2 Highlight Windows 10 and hit Enter to restart the PC into Windows 10.


2. Perform Command Prompt

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If you see 'your PC did not start correctly', you can go into Boot Options menu and use Command Prompt to get out of automatic repair loop.

Step 1 Click Advanced Options; Choose Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt;



Step 2 Enter the following lines and press Enter after each line to run it:bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd bootrec.exe /fixmbr bootrec.exe /fixboot. Then restart the PC.

If the bootrec.exe command doesn't fix the automatic repair loop, some suggest that you should run chkdsk commands as well.


3. Disable Early Launch Anti-malware Protection

Some users also discover that the Early launch anti-malware protection option is related to the automatic repair loop.

Step 1 Click Advanced Options; Choose to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings;



Step 2 After the PC restarts, choose to Disable early launch anti-malware protection;

Step 3 Restart your computer again.


4. Restore Windows Registry

When Windows shows 'Windows Automatic Repair couldn't repair your PC', it could indicate a corrupted registry on your computer. Therefore, you can get your Windows out of automatic repair loop by restoring the registry from RegBack directory.

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Step 1 Click Advanced Options > Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt;

Step 2 In Command Prompt, enter the following and hit Enter: copy c:windowssystem32configRegBack* c:windowssystem32config;



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Step 3 When you are asked whether to overwrite files, type All and press Enter;

Step 4 Finally, type exit and press Enter to exit Command Prompt. Restart the PC.


5. Delete the Problematic File

If Windows 10 says 'Windows Automatic Repair couldn't repair your PC' with log file 'c /windows/system32/logfiles/srt/srttrail.txt', it indicates that some files are corrupted and that's why your PC gets into automatic repair loop.

So first, check the SrtTrail.txt and then delete the corrupted files.

Step 1 On the boot menu, selectTroubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt.

Step 2 Enter the following and hit Enter: C:cd WindowsSystem32LogFilesSrtSrtTrail.txt.

Step 3 You should see something like that: Boot critical file c:windowssystem32driversvsock.sys is corrupt. The vsock.sys belongs to third-party VMWare so it is safe to delete.

Step 4 To delete vsock.sys, enter cd c:windowssystem32driversdel vsock.sys.

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Note: It is not always vsock.sys that is corrupted. In your case, it may show other files that are corrupted. So if you get other results rather than vsock.sys, check if the file is core system file; if it is, you are not supposed to delete the file.


6. System Restore

If you have enabled System Protection before and created a restore point, you can perform System Restore to fix Windows 10 /8 automatic repair loop.

Step 1 When you see Advanced Startup Options screen, click Troubleshoot > Advanced options > System Restore.

Step 2 Select a restore point that created before the automatic repair loop. Windows will restore your computer to the original status.

After system restore, the files that are created after the system point will be deleted. If some important files are missing, you can use FonePaw Data Recovery to get back the deleted files, photos, videos, audio, emails.

  • Download and install FonePaw Data Recovery;

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  • Select what you want to recover and the drive from which the files are deleted;

  • Click Scan and FonePaw Data Recovery will scan out all files from the drive, including the deleted ones.

  • Tick the files you need and click 'Recover' to save them on your computer.



Do you have other tricks to fix Acer, AUSU, Dell, Lenovo preparing automatic repair loop? Leave your solution below.

If your Computer is stuck, frozen and struggling to install a Windows Update, you will find the steps to fix Stuck Windows 10 Update on your computer.

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Ideally, your computer should be downloading and installing Updates silently in the background, allowing you to use your computer without any interruption.

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However, this may not always happen and many frustrated users have reported about Windows Update being stuck forever at Working on updates, Don’t Turn off your computer message.

In such cases, Windows update can get stuck at 0%, anywhere from 55% to 99% and sometimes it can it shows as being stuck at 105%!

1. Force Shut Down and Restart

Major Windows Updates are can be quite large in size and and it takes a long time to download and install major Windows updates on your computer.

Hence, it is always a good idea to be patient and give your computer enough time to download and install the updates.

However, if your computer is stuck forever at “Working on updates” message, it is time to Force Shut down your Computer by pressing and holding the Power button.

Restart the computer after 10 minutes and see if it boots up as usual to the Login screen. If it does, you can follow the methods as listed below.

If your computer does not go to the Login screen and starts updating again, you will have to boot your computer in Safe Mode and try to fix the problem.

2. Check For Updates

After restarting the computer, go to Settings > Update & Security > and click on Check For Updates.

Hopefully, this time your computer should be able to Install the update.

3. Use The Troubleshooter

Follow the steps below to fix Update problems on your computer using the built-in Troubleshooter as available on your computer.

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1. Go to Settings > Update & Security

2. Next, click on Troubleshoot > Windows Update > Run Troubleshooter.

3. If prompted, enter your Admin Password.

4. Wait for Windows to find and fix problems related to Windows Update on your computer.

Most of the times the Troubleshooter is able to identify and fix Windows Update problems.

4. Delete Windows Update Cache File

It is possible that Windows Update problem on your computer is due to Windows Update Cache folder being filled with old update files.

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This issue can be fixed by going to C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution and deleting all the Files and Folders in this location.

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Command Prompt (Admin).

2. In the Command Prompt Window, type net stop wuauserv and press the Enter key. This command will stop the Windows Update Service on your computer.

Note: Do not close the Command Prompt Window, leave it open and move to step 3 below.

3. Next, right-click on the Start button and click on File Explorer

4. In the File Explorer window, navigate to This PC (Or Local Disk (C:)) > Windows Folder.

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5. In the Windows Folder, open SoftwareDistribution Folder.

Note: Just to be on the safe side, copy “SoftwareDistribution” folder to your desktop as a backup

6. In SoftwareDistribution Folder, select and Delete all Files located in SoftwareDistribution Folder.

Note: These are just temporary files and Windows 10 will create them again from scratch.

7. After deleting Files in SoftwareDistribution folder, restart Windows Update service by typing net start wuauserv in the Command Prompt Window and pressing the Enter Key.

After this go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and click on Check for Updates button.

Hopefully, this time you should be able to install Updates on your computer.