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Some staff computers stuck on update screen - workaround available

28 May 2015

Some PCs running the managed staff desktop are stalling on "System update 3 of 3", preventing people from logging in to their computers. This does not affect student cluster PCs.

Workaround:

Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete on the keyboard should bring up the login page.

If this does not work, please bypass the on-screen instruction not to restart your PC during the update 3 of 3 and restart your computer if you believe the update has stalled and you are unable to login for some time.

However, a reboot should only be performed if pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete does not work and you are absolutely sure it has stalled.

This is being investigated as a matter of urgency, and is not known to re-occur once it has happened.

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