Continuous "Restarting your computer is required" message

I'm having the same issue. I have Window's Vista and bought the computer from

Dell. I do not know what this is happening and through the thread of emails,

I don't think there was a solution... or was there?

"geo" wrote:

> At every startup a Windows message appears saying "Restarting your computer

> is required". The message further says "The computer must be restarted

> before updating can continue. Would you like to restart now?"

> If the response is yes, the computer reboots and the same message appears.

> If the response is no, the message disappears and the computer functions

> normally. Several Windows updates have been processed since this message

> first appeared.

> I checked Windows update history and removed all updates that occurred

> immediately prior to this error starting to happen but this did not help. I

> did notice one strange update which was removed and I record it here for your

> information - Windows Internet Explorer 7 Dynamic Installer - Cumulative

> Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 Dynamic Installer for Windows XP

> (KB956390). The reason this was strange was because it came from "Other

> Source". All other sources were either "Automatic Updates" or "Microsoft

> Update".

> Please help me to remove this annoying message.

> Thanks in advance for your help.

> --

> geo from over the hill gang